fantaisies

\fɑ̃.te.zi\

/\fɑ̃.te.zi\/ noun

The verdict

“fantaisies” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,552. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,552
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fantaisie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fantaisies · fantaisies · French

fantaisies · rank #28,552 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,552
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Farid

Nearest frequency peer: Farid (+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 « fantaisies »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fantaisies » 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).

fantaisies vs fantasmes
80% similar
fantaisies vs fantassins
80% similar
fantaisies vs fantaisistes
83% similar

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

Key facts for fantaisies
PropertyValue
Headwordfantaisies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɑ̃.te.zi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#28,552
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fantaisies »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Farid » (#28,553), « exécutant » (#28,550), « fatalement » (#28,554). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fantaisies » est au #28,552. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around fantaisies (IPA \fɑ̃.te.zi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,552 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de fantaisie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for fantaisies, with forms such as "afntaisies", "fanatisies", and "fanntaisies". 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, "fantasmes", "fantassins", "fantaisistes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fantaisies, spelled F-A-N-T-A-I-S-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de fantaisie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vous, à qui la vie parisienne est connue jusque dans ses exostoses, vous devinez qu’il lui fallait environ dix-sept mille livres de rente, car il avait dix-sept francs d’impositions et mille écus de fantaisies.
  2. Les calculatrices, les tortues photomobiles, les pelleuses radarisées, peu diverses des poupées automatiques de l’ancien régime, leur ingéniosité frappe moins que les dissidences, les fantaisies, les sautes d’humeur de la bicyclette emballée, les prothèses dentaires qui finissent par tenir même sans piles aimantées, les clefs de calibrage Johnson qui s’ac…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afntaisies
  • fanatisies
  • fanntaisies
  • fantaiises
  • fantaiseis
  • fantaisiess
  • fantaisise
  • fantaissies
  • fantasiies
  • fantiasies
  • fanttaisies
  • fatnaisies
  • ffantaisies
  • fnataisies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afntaisies2fanatisies2fanntaisies1fantaiises2fantaiseis2fantaisiess1fantaisise2fantaissies1
Edit distance from "fantaisies"

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 "fantaisies"?
"fantaisies" is spelled F-A-N-T-A-I-S-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fɑ̃.te.zi\.
What does "fantaisies" mean?
As a noun, "fantaisies" means: Pluriel de fantaisie.
What words are commonly confused with "fantaisies"?
"fantaisies" is commonly confused with "fantasmes", "fantassins", "fantaisistes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fantaisies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fantaisies" is \fɑ̃.te.zi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fantaisies" come from?
"fantaisies" 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 "fantaisies", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list