faux cul
\fo ky\
The verdict
“faux cul” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Hypocrite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faux-cul · faux cul · French
faux cul · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | faux cul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fo ky\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
faux cul is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fo ky\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hypocrite.".
No misspelling variants are generated for faux cul in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faux cul, spelled F-A-U-X- -C-U-L.
Definition
- 1Hypocrite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how faux cul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mercredi, le paisible après-midi des réseaux sociaux français a été subitement réveillé par la publication de la une du Paris Match de la semaine. On y voit Eric Zemmour torse nu en train de se baigner à La Seyne-sur-Mer (Var) le 18 septembre, enlaçant une jeune femme à la tête retournée, donc impossible à reconnaître. Le tout est barré d’un titre faux cu…
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