félonie
\fe.lɔ.ni\
The verdict
“félonie” is uncommon French (frequency #84,823 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,823
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiments ou manière d’agir d’un vassal félon vis-à-vis de son seigneur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-felonie · félonie · French
félonie · rank #84,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,823
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fusilier
Nearest frequency peer: fusilier (-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 « félonie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- FTC
FTC
15,182 corpus weight
- fusilier
fusilier
15,180 corpus weight
- félonie
félonie
15,178 corpus weight
- Galia
Galia
15,176 corpus weight
- galène
galène
15,174 corpus weight
- Gamache
Gamache
15,173 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « félonie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | félonie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fe.lɔ.ni\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « félonie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
félonie is uncommon French at frequency #84,823 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fe.lɔ.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for félonie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is félonie, spelled F-É-L-O-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Sentiments ou manière d’agir d’un vassal félon vis-à-vis de son seigneur.
- 2Déloyauté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how félonie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La félonie de Ganelon.
Être coupable, convaincu de félonie.
This word in other languages
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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