fécond

\fe.kɔ̃\

/\fe.kɔ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“fécond” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,066
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui produit, qui peut produire beaucoup par voie de génération, en parlant des femmes, des animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fecond · fécond · French

fécond · rank #45,066 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,066
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fêtards

Nearest frequency peer: fêtards (+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 « fécond »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fécond » 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).

fécond vs fond
67% similar
fécond vs fend
50% similar
fécond vs feront
50% similar

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

Key facts for fécond
PropertyValue
Headwordfécond
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fe.kɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,066
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fécond »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fécondse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fêtards » (#45,067), « fuyaient » (#45,064), « Galtier » (#45,068). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fécond » est au #45,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around fécond (IPA \fe.kɔ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,066 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fécond, with forms such as "fcéond", "fecond", and "ffécond". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "fond", "fend", "feront", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fécond, spelled F-É-C-O-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui produit, qui peut produire beaucoup par voie de génération, en parlant des femmes, des animaux.
  2. 2
    Dont le germe a été fécondé, en parlant d’un œuf, d'un ovule.
  3. 3
    Qui donne du fruit, en parlant d’une fleur, d’une plante.
  4. 4
    Qui produit beaucoup, en parlant du sol.
  5. 5
    Productif.
  6. 6
    Qui fournit, qui peut fournir beaucoup à l’écrivain, en parlant d'un sujet, d'une matière d'étude.
  7. 7
    D’où sortent logiquement un grand nombre de conséquences, en parlant d'un principe, d'une théorie, etc.
  8. 8
    Qui rend productif ; fructueux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les femmes de ce pays sont très fécondes.
  2. Il tombait de l’or des pommiers féconds où riaient les pommes rouges au temps heureux ; il tombait de l’or des peupliers jaillissants dont les feuilles sont des disques qui tremblent, mais un or terni sans le secours lumineux du soleil.

Synonyms

fertilericheabondant

This word in other languages

fertile(English)fértil(Español)fruchtbar(Deutsch)fecundo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fcéond
  • fecond
  • ffécond
  • féccond
  • fécnod
  • fécodn
  • fécondd
  • féconnd
  • féocnd
  • éfcond

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fécond - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

fcéond2fecond1ffécond1féccond1fécnod2fécodn2fécondd1féconnd1
Edit distance from "fécond"

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 "fécond"?
"fécond" is spelled F-É-C-O-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.kɔ̃\.
What does "fécond" mean?
As an adjective, "fécond" means: Qui produit, qui peut produire beaucoup par voie de génération, en parlant des femmes, des animaux.
What words are commonly confused with "fécond"?
"fécond" is commonly confused with "fond", "fend", "feront". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fécond"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fécond" is \fe.kɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fécond" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gillot#45,076gisait#45,077gracie#45,081Finley#45,043

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Galtier10 variantsfondait10 variantsfactuel10 variantsendurci10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list