faisan

/\fə.zɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,797

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

faisan is aFrenchnoun. It means: Nom donné à cinq genres de gallinacés de la famille des phasianidés, englobant une vintaine d'espèces qui fréquentent différents habitats forestiers dans les vallées et les montagnes de toute l'Asi... Pronounced \fə.zɑ̃\. Often confused with foison and faisant.

Key facts for faisan
PropertyValue
Headwordfaisan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fə.zɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,797
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of faisan in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for faisan is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fə.zɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,797 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for faisan, with forms such as "afisan", "faiasn", and "faisann". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "foison", "faisant", "faisons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is faisan, spelled F-A-I-S-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné à cinq genres de gallinacés de la famille des phasianidés, englobant une vintaine d'espèces qui fréquentent différents habitats forestiers dans les vallées et les montagnes de toute l'Asie du Sud-Est, présentant un dimorphisme sexuel prononcé et où le mâle arbore souvent un plumage multicolore et richement orné.
  2. 2
    Lorsque le nom de l'espèce n'est pas précisé, nom désignant par ellipse le faisan de Colchide (Phasianus colchicus), appelé encore faisan à collier ou faisan de chasse, qui est originaire d'Asie et dont certaines sous-espèces ont été sélectionnées pour l'élevage et la chasse dès le Moyen-Âge.
  3. 3
    Individu mâle de cet animal. La femelle s’appelle la faisane ou poule faisane, son petit est le faisandeau.
  4. 4
    Viande de faisan.
  5. 5
    Homme de moralité douteuse, escroc.
  6. 6
    Idiot.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afisan,faiasn,faisann,faisna,faissan,fasian,ffaisan,fiasan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for faisan

Misspelling Variants of "faisan"

afisan6faiasn6faisann7faisna6faissan7fasian6ffaisan7fiasan6
Misspelling Variants of "faisan"

Frequency rank: #38,797 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faisan"?
"faisan" is spelled F-A-I-S-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fə.zɑ̃\.
What does "faisan" mean?
As a noun, "faisan" means: Nom donné à cinq genres de gallinacés de la famille des phasianidés, englobant une vintaine d'espèces qui fréquentent différents habitats forestiers dans les vallées et les montagnes de toute l'Asi...
What words are commonly confused with "faisan"?
"faisan" is commonly confused with "foison", "faisant", "faisons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "faisan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faisan" is \fə.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faisan" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.