faux-filet
\fo.fi.lɛ\
The verdict
“faux-filet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muscle du bœuf situé contre le filet, parmi les morceaux de bœuf les plus maigres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faux-filet · faux-filet · French
faux-filet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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-filet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fo.fi.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
faux-filet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fo.fi.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Muscle du bœuf situé contre le filet, parmi les morceaux de bœuf les plus maigres.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faux-filet, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is faux-filet, spelled F-A-U-X---F-I-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Muscle du bœuf situé contre le filet, parmi les morceaux de bœuf les plus maigres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faux-filet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La viande, qui doit se révéler un peu ferme, provient souvent de tranche grasse, de rond de gîte, de gîte à la noix, mais les rosbifs aristocratiques peuvent être taillés dans le filet, le faux-filet ou le romsteck.
Lucy avait mélangé au faux-filet haché de la Worcestershire sauce, et tout cela embaumait à ravir.
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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.