fausse nouvelle
\fos nu.vɛl\
The verdict
“fausse nouvelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fake news.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fausse-nouvelle · fausse nouvelle · French
fausse nouvelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | fausse nouvelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fos nu.vɛl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fausse nouvelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fos nu.vɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fake news.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fausse nouvelle in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fausse nouvelle, spelled F-A-U-S-S-E- -N-O-U-V-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Fake news.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fausse nouvelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les fausses nouvelles sont de tout temps.
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.