fantaisie

\fɑ̃.tɛ.zi\

/\fɑ̃.tɛ.zi\/ noun

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The verdict

“fantaisie” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,482. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,482
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Esprit ; pensée ; idée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fantaisie · fantaisie · French

fantaisie · rank #9,482 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,482
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH exposées

Nearest frequency peer: exposées (-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 « fantaisie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fantaisie » 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).

fantaisie vs fantasme
78% similar
fantaisie vs fantasia
78% similar
fantaisie vs fantaisies
90% similar

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

Key facts for fantaisie
PropertyValue
Headwordfantaisie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɑ̃.tɛ.zi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,482
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fantaisie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fantaisiese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exposées » (#9,481), « filets » (#9,483), « escorte » (#9,480). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fantaisie » est au #9,482. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around fantaisie (IPA \fɑ̃.tɛ.zi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,482 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fantaisie, with forms such as "afntaisie", "fanatisie", and "fanntaisie". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fantasme", "fantasia", "fantaisies", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 fantaisie, spelled F-A-N-T-A-I-S-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Esprit ; pensée ; idée.
  2. 2
    Sentiment ; goût ; humeur ; désir.
  3. 3
    Caprice ; boutade ; bizarrerie.
  4. 4
    Qui n'est pas conforme à l’ordonnance.
  5. 5
    Toute chose qui est moins utile qu’elle n’est curieuse par sa nouveauté ou par sa bizarrerie.
  6. 6
    Imagination.
  7. 7
    Certaine liberté, d’un caprice de l’imagination qui donne de l’agrément à un ouvrage de l’esprit.
  8. 8
    Composition de forme libre.
  9. 9
    Fil de soie de qualité inférieure faite avec de la soie provenant de cocons malades, percées, de frisons et de bourres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Saisissez bien Charlot transi, tout gris, l’estomac vide ; il est le pitre famélique regardant de la rue ceux qui, au restaurant, s’en mettent plein la lampe ; une vitre légère les sépare, et la loi (si la fantaisie lui venait à griveler).
  2. Seulement tu ne peux pas refuser à ton vieux copain Lambert quelques renseignements que, par ailleurs, tu serais obligé de fournir au juge d’instruction s’il lui prenait la fantaisie de te convoquer.

This word in other languages

fantasy(English)fantasía(Español)Einbildungskraft(Deutsch)fantasia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afntaisie
  • fanatisie
  • fanntaisie
  • fantaiise
  • fantaisei
  • fantaissie
  • fantasiie
  • fantiasie
  • fanttaisie
  • fatnaisie
  • ffantaisie
  • fnataisie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fantaisie - 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.

afntaisie2fanatisie2fanntaisie1fantaiise2fantaisei2fantaissie1fantasiie2fantiasie2
Edit distance from "fantaisie"

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 "fantaisie"?
"fantaisie" is spelled F-A-N-T-A-I-S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɑ̃.tɛ.zi\.
What does "fantaisie" mean?
As a noun, "fantaisie" means: Esprit ; pensée ; idée.
What words are commonly confused with "fantaisie"?
"fantaisie" is commonly confused with "fantasme", "fantasia", "fantaisies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fantaisie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fantaisie" is \fɑ̃.tɛ.zi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fantaisie" come from?
"fantaisie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dépassent#9,476géométrie#9,490déclarant#9,473disposant#9,469

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

exposées12 variantsengagent12 variantsinnocents12 variantsAnderson12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list