Felix

name

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The verdict

“Felix” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,625
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-felix · Felix · French

Felix · rank #15,625 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,625
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fermentation

Nearest frequency peer: fermentation (+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 « Felix »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Felix » 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).

Felix vs fix
40% similar
Felix vs feux
40% similar
Felix vs flux
40% similar

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

Key facts for Felix
PropertyValue
HeadwordFelix
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,625
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Felix »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fermentation » (#15,626), « eye » (#15,623), « ferrée » (#15,627). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Felix » est au #15,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Felix, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #15,625 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de Félix.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Felix, with forms such as "eflix", "feilx", and "felixx". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "fix", "feux", "flux", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Felix, spelled F-E-L-I-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de Félix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 1946 : la résonance magnétique nucléaire est découverte par les Américains Edward Purcell et Felix Bloch.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eflix
  • feilx
  • felixx
  • fellix
  • felxi
  • ffelix
  • fleix

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eflix2feilx2felixx1fellix1felxi2ffelix1fleix2
Edit distance from "Felix"

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 "Felix"?
"Felix" is spelled F-E-L-I-X.
What does "Felix" mean?
As a proper noun, "Felix" means: Variante de Félix.
What words are commonly confused with "Felix"?
"Felix" is commonly confused with "fix", "feux", "flux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Felix" come from?
"Felix" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

ghost#15,636haies#15,639dunes#15,609heart#15,642

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

ferrée7 variantsjurer7 variantskurde7 variantsloyal7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list