faucille

\fɔ.sij\

/\fɔ.sij\/ noun

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The verdict

“faucille” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,800. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,800
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Outil qui consiste en une lame d’acier courbée en demi-cercle, dentelée et fixée à une poignée de bois et qui sert à couper l'herbe, les céréales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faucille · faucille · French

faucille · rank #38,800 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,800
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fau

Nearest frequency peer: fau (-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 « faucille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « faucille » 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).

faucille vs feuille
75% similar
faucille vs fouille
75% similar
faucille vs faufile
75% similar

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

Key facts for faucille
PropertyValue
Headwordfaucille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔ.sij\
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,800
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « faucille »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).faucillese 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 « fau » (#38,799), « favorisées » (#38,801), « fassions » (#38,798). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « faucille » est au #38,800. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around faucille (IPA \fɔ.sij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,800 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for faucille, with forms such as "afucille", "facuille", and "fauccille". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "feuille", "fouille", "faufile", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is faucille, spelled F-A-U-C-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Outil qui consiste en une lame d’acier courbée en demi-cercle, dentelée et fixée à une poignée de bois et qui sert à couper l'herbe, les céréales.
  2. 2
    Croissant de Lune.
  3. 3
    Chacune des deux grandes plumes recourbées de la queue du coq.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est le « fauchage » qui a succédé au procédé plus ancien du « soyage », alors que les blés étaient « sciés » à la faucille ou « voulan » (Bourbonnais), dont la lame en demi-cercle a de 40 à 50 centimètres d'ouverture.
  2. Il y a très peu d'années encore, la faux, la faucille, la binette et la houe constituaient l'essentiel de l’outillage du paysan, qui possédait également et généralement une sulfateuse à main pour traiter sa vigne en limite de parcelles.

Synonyms

seillon

This word in other languages

sickle(English)echona(Español)Sichel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afucille
  • facuille
  • fauccille
  • faucile
  • faucilel
  • fauclile
  • fauiclle
  • ffaucille
  • fuacille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faucille - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

afucille2facuille2fauccille1faucile1faucilel2fauclile2fauiclle2ffaucille1
Edit distance from "faucille"

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 "faucille"?
"faucille" is spelled F-A-U-C-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.sij\.
What does "faucille" mean?
As a noun, "faucille" means: Outil qui consiste en une lame d’acier courbée en demi-cercle, dentelée et fixée à une poignée de bois et qui sert à couper l'herbe, les céréales.
What words are commonly confused with "faucille"?
"faucille" is commonly confused with "feuille", "fouille", "faufile". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "faucille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faucille" is \fɔ.sij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faucille" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fassions#38,798Fabrizio#38,795exonérer#38,792fourgons#38,816

Similar misspelling depth

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

enfler9 variantsgrammar9 variantsdramas9 variantsdossard9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list