FCO

noun

The verdict

“FCO” is uncommon French (frequency #54,583 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,583
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fièvre catarrhale ovine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fco · FCO · French

FCO · rank #54,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,583
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fatals

Nearest frequency peer: fatals (-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 « FCO »

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 « FCO » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for FCO
PropertyValue
HeadwordFCO
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#54,583
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « FCO » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).FCOtombe 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: « fatals » (#54,582), « feignasse » (#54,584), « fantoche » (#54,581). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « FCO » est au #54,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

FCO is uncommon French at frequency #54,583 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fièvre catarrhale ovine.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for FCO, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is FCO, spelled F-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fièvre catarrhale ovine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. MHE, BVD, PPA, FCO, IAHP… Des sigles inconnus du commun des mortels, mais dont l’évocation fait trembler les éleveurs.

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 "FCO"?
"FCO" is spelled F-C-O.
What does "FCO" mean?
As a noun, "FCO" means: Fièvre catarrhale ovine.
What language does "FCO" come from?
"FCO" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list