feignants
\fɛ.ɲɑ̃\
The verdict
“feignants” is uncommon French (frequency #66,733 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,733
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de feignant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feignants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɛ.ɲɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “feignants” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
feignants is uncommon French at frequency #66,733 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɛ.ɲɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de feignant.".
Zero misspellings are on record for feignants in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is feignants, spelled F-E-I-G-N-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de feignant.
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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Using “feignants”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-E-I-G-N-A-N-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛ.ɲɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.