fantine

\fɑ̃.tin\

/\fɑ̃.tin\/ noun

The verdict

“fantine” is uncommon French (frequency #76,562 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,562
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie du chevalet à dévider la soie de dessus les cocons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fantine · fantine · French

fantine · rank #76,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,562
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fanas

Nearest frequency peer: fanas (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « fantine »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fantine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fantine
PropertyValue
Headwordfantine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɑ̃.tin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,562
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fantine » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fantinetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « fanas » (#76,561), « fastidieuses » (#76,563), « faciliteront » (#76,560). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fantine » est au #76,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fantine is uncommon French at frequency #76,562 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɑ̃.tin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie du chevalet à dévider la soie de dessus les cocons.".

Zero misspellings are on record for fantine in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fantine, spelled F-A-N-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie du chevalet à dévider la soie de dessus les cocons.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Fantine, ce sont les petits crochets de fil de fer dans lesquels on fait passer les fils de la soie, et cavaletti sont les tours .

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 "fantine"?
"fantine" is spelled F-A-N-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɑ̃.tin\.
What does "fantine" mean?
As a noun, "fantine" means: Partie du chevalet à dévider la soie de dessus les cocons.
How do you pronounce "fantine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fantine" is \fɑ̃.tin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fantine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list