faisceau
\fɛ.so\
The verdict
“faisceau” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,596
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Assemblage de certaines choses de même nature et de forme allongée liées ensemble.
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 | faisceau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛ.so\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faisceau” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around faisceau (IPA \fɛ.so\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,596 among 137,178 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for faisceau, with forms such as "afisceau", "faicseau", and "faiscaeu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "faisceaux", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is faisceau, spelled F-A-I-S-C-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Assemblage de certaines choses de même nature et de forme allongée liées ensemble.
- 2Câble formé de l’assemblage de nombreux circuits.
- 3Canal de communications multiplexées.
- 4Assemblage de verges, avec une hache au milieu, qui étaient, chez les anciens Romains, le symbole de la puissance des consuls et des dictateurs.
- 5Assemblage d’au moins trois fusils qu’on forme en engageant les baïonnettes les unes dans les autres, de manière qu’ils soutiennent ceux qu’on appuie sur eux.
- 6Rayonnement – onde électromagnétique ou particules – émis et se propageant dans une direction donnée.
- 7Disposition d’aimants pour générer un champ magnétique de forme contrôlée.
- 8Méthode d’optimisation permettant de minimiser une fonction convexe non-différentiable.
- 9Ensemble de choses concordantes.
- 10Meuble représentant dans les armoiries un ensemble d’objets longs (lances, flèches, épées…) rassemblés par un lien. Les objets sont généralement attachés par leur milieu et posés en éventail. On le dit lié quand le lien est d’un émail différent. Le nombre d’objets doit être blasonné. À rapprocher de faisceau de licteur.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afisceau,faicseau,faiscaeu,faiscceau,faisceua,faisecau,faissceau,fasiceau,ffaisceau,fiasceau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faisceau - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “faisceau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-S-C-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛ.so\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “faisceaux” - see the side-by-side comparison. faisceau vs faisceaux
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.