fenton
\fɑ̃.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“fenton” is uncommon French (frequency #53,951 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,951
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tige de fer de forme carrée, ayant 10 ou 15 mm de section, qui peut-être transformée en divers objets.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fenton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɑ̃.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fenton” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fenton is uncommon French at frequency #53,951 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɑ̃.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fenton, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 fenton, spelled F-E-N-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Tige de fer de forme carrée, ayant 10 ou 15 mm de section, qui peut-être transformée en divers objets.
- 2Tige de fer servant d'armature aux entrevous de plâtre, on les nommaient aussi côte de vache.
- 3Sorte de ferrure qui sert à divers usages et principalement à lier le chambranle d’une cheminée avec le reste de la maçonnerie.
- 4Pièce de bois taillé en cheville pour réaliser des assemblages.
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 “fenton”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-E-N-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɑ̃.tɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.