faisan
\fə.zɑ̃\
The verdict
“faisan” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #38,797 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,797
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faisan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fə.zɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #38,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faisan” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faisan is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for faisan, with forms such as "afisan", "faiasn", and "faisann". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faisan, spelled F-A-I-S-A-N.
Definition
- 1Nom 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.
- 2Lorsque 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.
- 3Individu mâle de cet animal. La femelle s’appelle la faisane ou poule faisane, son petit est le faisandeau.
- 4Viande de faisan.
- 5Homme de moralité douteuse, escroc.
- 6Idiot.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afisan,faiasn,faisann,faisna,faissan,fasian,ffaisan,fiasan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faisan - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “faisan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-S-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fə.zɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “foison” - see the side-by-side comparison. faisan vs foison
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.