fantasque
\fɑ̃.task\
The verdict
“fantasque” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,407. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,407
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui suit librement et joyeusement sa fantaisie, original, imaginatif, non-conformiste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fantasque · fantasque · French
fantasque · rank #32,407 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,407
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH falco
Nearest frequency peer: falco (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “fantasque”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- faiseur
faiseur
67,596 corpus weight
- falco
falco
67,595 corpus weight
- fantasque
fantasque
67,594 corpus weight
- faucons
faucons
67,593 corpus weight
- ferreira
ferreira
67,592 corpus weight
- finalisé
finalisé
67,591 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fantasque” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fantasque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɑ̃.task\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “fantasque” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around fantasque (IPA \fɑ̃.task\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,407 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fantasque, with forms such as "afntasque", "fanatsque", and "fanntasque". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fantastique", "fantasme", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fantasque, spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui suit librement et joyeusement sa fantaisie, original, imaginatif, non-conformiste.
- 2Qui est capricieux, sujet à des fantaisies, à des sautes d’humeur, imprévisible.
- 3Extravagant, insolite, étrange, qui suscite une impression de cocasserie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fantasque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était un être d’apparence très libre, fantasque, plein d'humour et de gaieté.
Là, Byron vécut des jours d’ivresse; alors, dans l’ardeur des passions, le poëte fantasque prodiguait son génie et sa vie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afntasque
- fanatsque
- fanntasque
- fantaqsue
- fantasqeu
- fantasqque
- fantassque
- fantasuqe
- fantsaque
- fanttasque
- fatnasque
- ffantasque
- fnatasque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fantasque - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fantasque", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "fantasque" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fantastique". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #32,407 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.