faya

\fa.ja\

/\fa.ja\/ adj

The verdict

“faya” is uncommon French (frequency #92,726 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,726
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Drogué ou en état d’ivresse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faya · faya · French

faya · rank #92,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,726
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fase

Nearest frequency peer: fase (-2 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 « faya »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « faya » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for faya
PropertyValue
Headwordfaya
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fa.ja\
Letters4
Frequency rank#92,726
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « faya » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fayatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fase » (#92,724), « ferrais » (#92,728), « faims » (#92,723). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « faya » est au #92,726. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faya is uncommon French at frequency #92,726 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fa.ja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Drogué ou en état d’ivresse.".

faya doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is faya, spelled F-A-Y-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Drogué ou en état d’ivresse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La misère est mon vice, fils, je suis faya.

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 "faya"?
"faya" is spelled F-A-Y-A. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.ja\.
What does "faya" mean?
As an adjective, "faya" means: Drogué ou en état d’ivresse.
How do you pronounce "faya"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faya" is \fa.ja\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faya" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list