fange

\fɑ̃ʒ\

/\fɑ̃ʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“fange” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,079
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bourbe ; boue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fange · fange · French

fange · rank #49,079 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,079
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fabregas

Nearest frequency peer: Fabregas (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fange »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fange » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

fange vs fans
60% similar
fange vs fine
60% similar
fange vs Faye
40% similar

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

Key facts for fange
PropertyValue
Headwordfange
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɑ̃ʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#49,079
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fange »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fangese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Fabregas » (#49,078), « Farnèse » (#49,080), « expropriations » (#49,077). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fange » est au #49,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around fange (IPA \fɑ̃ʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,079 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fange, with forms such as "afnge", "fagne", and "faneg". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fans", "fine", "Faye", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fange, spelled F-A-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bourbe ; boue.
  2. 2
    État d’avilissement d’une personne qui vit dans la débauche, qui mène une conduite honteuse et déréglée, bassesse, abjection.
  3. 3
    État d’avilissement d’une personne qui vit dans la débauche, qui mène une conduite honteuse et déréglée, bassesse, abjection.
  4. 4
    Pays marécageux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fange appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sa maison était propre, bien tenue ; elle tranchait avec la blancheur gaie de sa façade et le luisant de ses meubles, sur les taudis immondes où, d’ordinaire, croupissent dans la fange et dans la vermine, les marins bretons.
  2. Il nous fallut repasser le Rhin sur le pont de Strasbourg à travers des eaux et des fanges inconcevables.

This word in other languages

mire(English)fango(Español)Schlamm(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afnge
  • fagne
  • faneg
  • fangge
  • fannge
  • ffange
  • fnage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fange - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

afnge2fagne2faneg2fangge1fannge1ffange1fnage2
Edit distance from "fange"

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 "fange"?
"fange" is spelled F-A-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɑ̃ʒ\.
What does "fange" mean?
As a noun, "fange" means: Bourbe ; boue.
What words are commonly confused with "fange"?
"fange" is commonly confused with "fans", "fine", "Faye". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fange"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fange" is \fɑ̃ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fange" come from?
"fange" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fange", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Geert#49,109glane#49,111Hatem#49,123drunk#49,033

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

España7 variantsfouets7 variantsdenim7 variantscedar7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list