farcir

\faʁ.siʁ\

/\faʁ.siʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“farcir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,288
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-farcir · farcir · French

farcir · rank #41,288 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,288
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fanion

Nearest frequency peer: fanion (-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 « farcir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « farcir » 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).

farcir vs Farid
50% similar
farcir vs forcer
67% similar
farcir vs farmer
67% similar

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

Key facts for farcir
PropertyValue
Headwordfarcir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\faʁ.siʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,288
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « farcir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).farcirse 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 « fanion » (#41,287), « feuillus » (#41,289), « familia » (#41,286). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « farcir » est au #41,288. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around farcir (IPA \faʁ.siʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,288 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for farcir, with forms such as "afrcir", "facrir", and "farccir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Farid", "forcer", "farmer", 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 farcir, spelled F-A-R-C-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Remplir de farce.
  2. 2
    Remplir avec succès. Il ne s’emploie que dans ces sortes de phrases, et toujours en mauvaise part.
  3. 3
    Faire quelque chose sans grand plaisir, supporter quelqu'un ou quelque chose de déplaisant.
  4. 4
    Se payer, se régaler de, s’octroyer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les oreilles de veau ont de commun avec les pieds et les cervelles, l'avantage de pouvoir être frites ou mangées à la poulette ; et de plus elles se laissent farcir, accommoder aux pois, aux oignons, au fromage, etc.
  2. Un jour, Sûzel ayant eu l’idée de chercher en ville une poitrine de veau bien grasse, et de la farcir de petits oignons hachés et de jaunes d’œufs, et d’ajouter à ce dîner des beignets d’une sorte particulière, saupoudrés de cannelle et de sucre, Fritz trouva cela de si bon goût ….

This word in other languages

stuff(English)füllen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afrcir
  • facrir
  • farccir
  • farcirr
  • farcri
  • faricr
  • farrcir
  • ffarcir
  • fracir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afrcir2facrir2farccir1farcirr1farcri2faricr2farrcir1ffarcir1
Edit distance from "farcir"

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 "farcir"?
"farcir" is spelled F-A-R-C-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \faʁ.siʁ\.
What does "farcir" mean?
As a verb, "farcir" means: Remplir de farce.
What words are commonly confused with "farcir"?
"farcir" is commonly confused with "Farid", "forcer", "farmer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "farcir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "farcir" is \faʁ.siʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "farcir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fanion#41,287gifles#41,308gousse#41,314grince#41,316

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

feuillus9 variantsfamilia9 variantsessayera9 variantsdénudé9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list