fécal
\fe.kal\
The verdict
“fécal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient aux gros excréments de l’homme et des animaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fecal · fécal · French
fécal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fécal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fe.kal\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fécal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fécal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fe.kal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui appartient aux gros excréments de l’homme et des animaux.".
fécal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fécal, spelled F-É-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui appartient aux gros excréments de l’homme et des animaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fécal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Résidus fécaux.
On forme des engrais excellents avec les matières fécales tant de l’homme que de plusieurs animaux.
This word in other languages
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