favourite
\ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt\
The verdict
“favourite” is uncommon French (frequency #95,903 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,903
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préféré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-favourite · favourite · French
favourite · rank #95,903 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,903
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fauvisme
Nearest frequency peer: fauvisme (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « favourite »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- farkas
farkas
4,101 corpus weight
- faus
faus
4,100 corpus weight
- fauvisme
fauvisme
4,099 corpus weight
- favourite
favourite
4,098 corpus weight
- ferrite
ferrite
4,096 corpus weight
- ferronnier
ferronnier
4,095 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « favourite » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | favourite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « favourite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
favourite is uncommon French at frequency #95,903 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préféré.".
favourite doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is favourite, spelled F-A-V-O-U-R-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Préféré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how favourite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What is your favourite colour?
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).