fastueux
\fas.tɥø\
The verdict
“fastueux” is uncommon French (frequency #53,347 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,347
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aime le faste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fastueux · fastueux · French
fastueux · rank #53,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,347
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fallen
Nearest frequency peer: fallen (-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 « fastueux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- falcone
falcone
46,656 corpus weight
- fallen
fallen
46,655 corpus weight
- fastueux
fastueux
46,654 corpus weight
- Firenze
Firenze
46,653 corpus weight
- flambé
flambé
46,652 corpus weight
- FLNC
FLNC
46,651 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fastueux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fastueux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fas.tɥø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fastueux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fastueux is uncommon French at frequency #53,347 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fas.tɥø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fastueux, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fastueux, spelled F-A-S-T-U-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui aime le faste.
- 2Choses où il y a du faste, de l’ostentation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fastueux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un prince fastueux.
Cour fastueuse.
This word in other languages
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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