fébrile

\fe.bʁil\

/\fe.bʁil\/ adj

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The verdict

“fébrile” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,178
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à la fièvre, qui produit la fièvre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-febrile · fébrile · French

fébrile · rank #28,178 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,178
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH gazeux

Nearest frequency peer: gazeux (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fébrile »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fébrile » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fébrile vs féerie
71% similar
fébrile vs fertile
57% similar
fébrile vs fébriles
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fébrile
PropertyValue
Headwordfébrile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fe.bʁil\
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,178
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fébrile »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fébrilese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gazeux » (#28,179), « frontalier » (#28,176), « glissante » (#28,180). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fébrile » est au #28,178. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fébrile (IPA \fe.bʁil\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,178 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fébrile, with forms such as "fbérile", "febrile", and "ffébrile". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "féerie", "fertile", "fébriles", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fébrile, spelled F-É-B-R-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport à la fièvre, qui produit la fièvre.
  2. 2
    Ce qui est l’effet de la fièvre.
  3. 3
    Qui est accompagné de la fièvre.
  4. 4
    Excessif, désordonné, ardent ou agité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chaleur fébrile.
  2. Mouvement fébrile.

This word in other languages

feverish(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fbérile
  • febrile
  • ffébrile
  • fébbrile
  • fébirle
  • fébriel
  • fébrille
  • fébrlie
  • fébrrile
  • férbile
  • éfbrile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fébrile - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

fbérile2febrile1ffébrile1fébbrile1fébirle2fébriel2fébrille1fébrlie2
Edit distance from "fébrile"

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 "fébrile"?
"fébrile" is spelled F-É-B-R-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.bʁil\.
What does "fébrile" mean?
As an adjective, "fébrile" means: Qui a rapport à la fièvre, qui produit la fièvre.
What words are commonly confused with "fébrile"?
"fébrile" is commonly confused with "féerie", "fertile", "fébriles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fébrile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fébrile" is \fe.bʁil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fébrile" come from?
"fébrile" 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 "fébrile", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

foutais#28,175Gonzalo#28,182graphie#28,183fleuron#28,171

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

flambée11 variantsendiguer11 variantsdésolés11 variantsDumoulin11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list