famille

\fa.mij\

/\fa.mij\/ noun

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The verdict

“famille” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #244 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#244
frequency rank, French
7
letters
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble formé par les parents et leurs enfants.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

famille vs fille
71% similar
famille vs famine
71% similar
famille vs family
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for famille
PropertyValue
Headwordfamille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.mij\
Letters7
Frequency rank#244
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “famille” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). famille lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for famille is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fa.mij\. Corpus data places it at rank #244 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 9 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 famille, with forms such as "afmille", "faimlle", and "famile". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "fille", "famine", "family", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is famille, spelled F-A-M-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble formé par les parents et leurs enfants.
  2. 2
    Ensemble formé par les parents, les enfants et les serviteurs d’une maisonnée.
  3. 3
    Ensemble des personnes ayant des liens de parenté par le sang ou par alliance.
  4. 4
    Suite des individus nés d’une même souche.
  5. 5
    Toutes les personnes qui vivent sous la protection d’un chef.
  6. 6
    Groupe, catégorie de choses ou d’êtres partageant des caractères communs.
  7. 7
    Collection indexée d’élément(s) d’un ensemble E. Rigoureusement, application d’un ensemble d’indices I dans E, notée formellement (x_i)_(i∈I).
  8. 8
    Taxon qui regroupe les genres qui présentent le plus de similitudes entre eux.
  9. 9
    Ensemble homogène de polices apparentées, de style identique, ne différant que par la largeur, la graisse ou le caractère romain ou italique.

This word in other languages

family(English)familia(Español)Familie(Deutsch)família(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afmille,faimlle,famile,familel,famlile,fammille,ffamille,fmaille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of famille - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

afmille2faimlle2famile1familel2famlile2fammille1ffamille1fmaille2
Edit distance from "famille"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "famille"?
"famille" is spelled F-A-M-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.mij\.
What does "famille" mean?
As a noun, "famille" means: Ensemble formé par les parents et leurs enfants.
What words are commonly confused with "famille"?
"famille" is commonly confused with "fille", "famine", "family". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "famille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "famille" is \fa.mij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "famille" come from?
"famille" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “famille”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-A-M-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fa.mij\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “fille” - see the side-by-side comparison. famille vs fille
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list