Felis

name

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The verdict

“Felis” is uncommon French (frequency #91,690 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,690
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Félix, prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-felis · Felis · French

Felis · rank #91,690 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,690
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fausta

Nearest frequency peer: fausta (-2 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 « Felis »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Felis
PropertyValue
HeadwordFelis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#91,690
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Felis » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Felistombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « fausta » (#91,688), « Ferber » (#91,692), « fatwas » (#91,687). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Felis » est au #91,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Felis is uncommon French at frequency #91,690 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Félix, prénom masculin.".

Felis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Felis, spelled F-E-L-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Félix, prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Felis ot non si fu paiiens

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 "Felis"?
"Felis" is spelled F-E-L-I-S.
What does "Felis" mean?
As a proper noun, "Felis" means: Félix, prénom masculin.
What language does "Felis" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flies#91,699fondo#91,704Féron#91,719Gabel#91,721

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list