Ferréol

name

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The verdict

“Ferréol” is uncommon French (frequency #52,067 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,067
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Key facts for Ferréol
PropertyValue
HeadwordFerréol
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,067
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Ferréol” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Ferréol lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ferréol is uncommon French at frequency #52,067 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Ferréol doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Ferréol, spelled F-E-R-R-É-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

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 "Ferréol"?
"Ferréol" is spelled F-E-R-R-É-O-L.
What does "Ferréol" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ferréol" means: Prénom masculin.
What language does "Ferréol" come from?
"Ferréol" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Ferréol”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-E-R-R-É-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list