fauteuil

\fo.tœj\

/\fo.tœj\/ noun

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The verdict

“fauteuil” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,133
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Siège comportant des accotoirs, et un dossier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fauteuil · fauteuil · French

fauteuil · rank #5,133 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,133
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH expertise

Nearest frequency peer: expertise (-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 « fauteuil »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fauteuil » 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).

fauteuil vs fauteurs
75% similar
fauteuil vs fauteuils
89% similar

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

Key facts for fauteuil
PropertyValue
Headwordfauteuil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fo.tœj\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,133
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fauteuil »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fauteuilse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « expertise » (#5,132), « fragile » (#5,134), « exercices » (#5,131). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fauteuil » est au #5,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around fauteuil (IPA \fo.tœj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,133 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fauteuil, with forms such as "afuteuil", "fatueuil", and "fauetuil". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fauteurs", "fauteuils", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fauteuil, spelled F-A-U-T-E-U-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Siège comportant des accotoirs, et un dossier.
  2. 2
    Siège pour permettre le déplacement de malades ou de personnes handicapées.
  3. 3
    Place à l’Académie française.
  4. 4
    Le siège du président dans une assemblée ou, figurément, la présidence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un fauteuil est là ; j’y tombe ; tout devient plus tranquille et plus doux.
  2. Et quand je m'approchai du fauteuil de grand’mère pour lui baiser la main, elle se détourna et cacha sa main sous son mantelet.

This word in other languages

armchair(English)sillón(Español)Sessel(Deutsch)poltrona(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afuteuil
  • fatueuil
  • fauetuil
  • fauteiul
  • fauteuill
  • fauteuli
  • fautteuil
  • fautueil
  • ffauteuil
  • fuateuil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fauteuil - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

afuteuil2fatueuil2fauetuil2fauteiul2fauteuill1fauteuli2fautteuil1fautueil2
Edit distance from "fauteuil"

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 "fauteuil"?
"fauteuil" is spelled F-A-U-T-E-U-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \fo.tœj\.
What does "fauteuil" mean?
As a noun, "fauteuil" means: Siège comportant des accotoirs, et un dossier.
What words are commonly confused with "fauteuil"?
"fauteuil" is commonly confused with "fauteurs", "fauteuils". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fauteuil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fauteuil" is \fo.tœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fauteuil" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

désigner#5,127district#5,123illustre#5,143demandez#5,121

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

fragile10 variantsGabriel10 variantsmodeste10 variantsorganes10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list