fausset
\fo.sɛ\
The verdict
“fausset” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite cheville de bois servant à boucher le trou que l’on fait à un tonneau pour en goûter le contenu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fausset · fausset · French
fausset · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | fausset |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fo.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fausset is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fo.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petite cheville de bois servant à boucher le trou que l’on fait à un tonneau pour en goûter le contenu.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fausset, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fausset, spelled F-A-U-S-S-E-T.
Definition
- 1Petite cheville de bois servant à boucher le trou que l’on fait à un tonneau pour en goûter le contenu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fausset appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mettre un fausset.
Enfoncer le fausset.
Synonyms
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.