faz
\ˈf̬ɑːs\
The verdict
“faz” is uncommon French (frequency #85,717 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,717
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme mutée de paz par spirantisation (p → f).
Corpus desk
Index FR-faz · faz · French
faz · rank #85,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,717
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fascia
Nearest frequency peer: fascia (-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 « faz »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fak
fak
14,287 corpus weight
- fantoches
fantoches
14,286 corpus weight
- fascia
fascia
14,285 corpus weight
- faz
faz
14,284 corpus weight
- feste
feste
14,283 corpus weight
- feud
feud
14,282 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « faz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈf̬ɑːs\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #85,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faz is uncommon French at frequency #85,717 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈf̬ɑːs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme mutée de paz par spirantisation (p → f).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for faz in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is faz, spelled F-A-Z.
Definition
- 1Forme mutée de paz par spirantisation (p → f).
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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