fasciite
\fa.si.it\
The verdict
“fasciite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation d’un fascia (tissu conjonctif qui enveloppe les muscles et les organes).
Corpus desk
Index FR-fasciite · fasciite · French
fasciite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fasciite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fa.si.it\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fasciite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.si.it\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation d’un fascia (tissu conjonctif qui enveloppe les muscles et les organes).".
fasciite has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fasciite, spelled F-A-S-C-I-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Inflammation d’un fascia (tissu conjonctif qui enveloppe les muscles et les organes).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fasciite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La fasciite plantaire est une blessure au pied causée par un étirement ou une rupture du fascia plantaire, une membrane fibreuse qui va de l’os du talon jusqu’à la base des orteils.
La fasciite nécrosante est une maladie potentiellement grave et rare atteignant les tissus cutanés profonds. Elle est la plupart du temps causée par une bactérie du type streptocoque A et être une évolution d’un érysipèle non correctement traité, mais d’autres bactéries sont souvent retrouvées conjointement si des tests sont pratiqués.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.