falsehood
\ˈfɒlsˌhʊd\
The verdict
“falsehood” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propriété de ce qui est faux, fausseté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-falsehood · falsehood · French
falsehood · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | falsehood |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfɒlsˌhʊd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
falsehood is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfɒlsˌhʊd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
falsehood doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is falsehood, spelled F-A-L-S-E-H-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1Propriété de ce qui est faux, fausseté.
- 2Fausse déclaration (notamment une déclaration intentionnellement fausse), mensonge.
- 3Perfidie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how falsehood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They gave credence to every signature Trumpist falsehood …
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.