fenouil
\fə.nuj\
The verdict
“fenouil” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #43,432 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #43,432
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plante aromatique, de la famille des Apiacées, qui porte des fleurs jaunes et qui croît surtout dans le midi de l’Europe, de nom scientifique Foeniculum vulgare.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fenouil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fə.nuj\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fenouil” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fenouil is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fə.nuj\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,432 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fenouil, with forms such as "efnouil", "fennouil", and "fenoiul". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fenouil, spelled F-E-N-O-U-I-L.
Definition
- 1Plante aromatique, de la famille des Apiacées, qui porte des fleurs jaunes et qui croît surtout dans le midi de l’Europe, de nom scientifique Foeniculum vulgare.
- 2Feuilles de cette plante utilisées comme aromate.
- 3Base renflée des pétioles, utilisée comme un légume.
- 4Il se prend aussi pour la graine de la même plante.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efnouil,fennouil,fenoiul,fenouill,fenouli,fenuoil,feonuil,ffenouil,fneouil
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fenouil - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “fenouil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-E-N-O-U-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fə.nuj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.