Fellini

\fɛ.li.ni\

/\fɛ.li.ni\/ name

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The verdict

“Fellini” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,612
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille italien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fellini · Fellini · French

Fellini · rank #45,612 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,612
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH faussée

Nearest frequency peer: faussée (-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 « Fellini »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Fellini » 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).

Fellini vs félin
43% similar
Fellini vs félins
43% similar
Fellini vs féline
43% similar

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

Key facts for Fellini
PropertyValue
HeadwordFellini
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\fɛ.li.ni\
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,612
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Fellini »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Fellinise 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 « faussée » (#45,611), « Ferrières » (#45,613), « fatma » (#45,610). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Fellini » est au #45,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Fellini (IPA \fɛ.li.ni\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,612 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille italien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fellini, with forms such as "efllini", "felilni", and "felini". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "félin", "félins", "féline", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Fellini, spelled F-E-L-L-I-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille italien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est une obsession que je ne comprenais pas chez Fellini.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efllini
  • felilni
  • felini
  • felliin
  • fellinni
  • fellnii
  • ffellini
  • flelini

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

efllini2felilni2felini1felliin2fellinni1fellnii2ffellini1flelini2
Edit distance from "Fellini"

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 "Fellini"?
"Fellini" is spelled F-E-L-L-I-N-I. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛ.li.ni\.
What does "Fellini" mean?
As a proper noun, "Fellini" means: Nom de famille italien.
What words are commonly confused with "Fellini"?
"Fellini" is commonly confused with "félin", "félins", "féline". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Fellini"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fellini" is \fɛ.li.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fellini" come from?
"Fellini" 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 "Fellini", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

faussée#45,611fondues#45,619Frisbee#45,622evening#45,596

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

exilée8 variantsExeter8 variantsfugace8 variantsembelli8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list