faufile

\fo.fil\

/\fo.fil\/ verb

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The verdict

“faufile” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,892
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de faufiler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faufile · faufile · French

faufile · rank #47,892 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,892
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fayçal

Nearest frequency peer: Fayçal (+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 « faufile »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « faufile » 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).

faufile vs futile
71% similar
faufile vs fautive
71% similar
faufile vs faufiler
88% similar

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

Key facts for faufile
PropertyValue
Headwordfaufile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fo.fil\
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,892
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « faufile »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).faufilese 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 « Fayçal » (#47,893), « fas » (#47,890), « Feb » (#47,894). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « faufile » est au #47,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around faufile (IPA \fo.fil\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,892 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for faufile, with forms such as "afufile", "fafuile", and "fauffile". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "futile", "fautive", "faufiler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faufile, spelled F-A-U-F-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de faufiler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de faufiler.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de faufiler.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de faufiler.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de faufiler.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afufile
  • fafuile
  • fauffile
  • faufiel
  • faufille
  • fauflie
  • fauifle
  • ffaufile
  • fuafile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afufile2fafuile2fauffile1faufiel2faufille1fauflie2fauifle2ffaufile1
Edit distance from "faufile"

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 "faufile"?
"faufile" is spelled F-A-U-F-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fo.fil\.
What does "faufile" mean?
As a verb, "faufile" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de faufiler.
What words are commonly confused with "faufile"?
"faufile" is commonly confused with "futile", "fautive", "faufiler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "faufile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faufile" is \fo.fil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faufile" come from?
"faufile" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fibrose#47,897example#47,881envient#47,876gourous#47,921

Similar misspelling depth

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

Fayçal9 variantsfablab9 variantsgicler9 variantsgratton9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list