faux-ami
\fo.z‿a.mi\
The verdict
“faux-ami” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot qui ressemble à un mot d’une autre langue mais de sens différent, partiellement (faux-ami partiel) ou totalement (faux-ami absolu ou faux-ami total).
Corpus desk
Index FR-faux-ami · faux-ami · French
faux-ami · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | faux-ami |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fo.z‿a.mi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faux-ami » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faux-ami is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fo.z‿a.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mot qui ressemble à un mot d’une autre langue mais de sens différent, partiellement (faux-ami partiel) ou totalement (faux-ami absolu ou faux-ami total).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faux-ami, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is faux-ami, spelled F-A-U-X---A-M-I.
Definition
- 1Mot qui ressemble à un mot d’une autre langue mais de sens différent, partiellement (faux-ami partiel) ou totalement (faux-ami absolu ou faux-ami total).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faux-ami appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’anglais apology est un faux-ami du français apologie et signifie « excuse ».
L’allemand fast, qui signifie « presque », est un faux-ami du mot anglais fast qui, lui, signifie « rapide ».
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.