ferreux

\fɛ.ʁø\

/\fɛ.ʁø\/ adj

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The verdict

“ferreux” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,799
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui contient du fer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ferreux · ferreux · French

ferreux · rank #39,799 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,799
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH façonne

Nearest frequency peer: façonne (-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 « ferreux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ferreux » 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).

ferreux vs furieux
71% similar
ferreux vs ferveur
71% similar
ferreux vs foireux
71% similar

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

Key facts for ferreux
PropertyValue
Headwordferreux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fɛ.ʁø\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,799
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ferreux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ferreuxse 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 « façonne » (#39,798), « feuilletons » (#39,800), « farfelu » (#39,797). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « ferreux » est au #39,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around ferreux (IPA \fɛ.ʁø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,799 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ferreux, with forms such as "efrreux", "fererux", and "fereux". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "furieux", "ferveur", "foireux", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 ferreux, spelled F-E-R-R-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui contient du fer.
  2. 2
    Se dit des composés de fer où le fer est bivalent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La mine calcareuse a, en outre, l’inconvénient de rendre le premier laitier ferreux, apte à mazer la fonte et à rendre son expulsion du creuset difficile.
  2. Il existe deux grandes familles de métaux: les métaux ferreux et les métaux non ferreux. Les premiers sont principalement constitués d’acier et de fonte. Les seconds sont plus diversifiés: aluminium, plomb, zinc, cuivre, nickel, etc. Comment les reconnaître? Avec un aimant qui se fixe aux métaux ferreux, comme l’acier de votre réfrigérateur, mais qui ne r…

Antonyms

non ferreux

This word in other languages

ferrous(English)ferroso(Español)eisenhaltig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efrreux
  • fererux
  • fereux
  • ferreuxx
  • ferrexu
  • ferruex
  • fferreux
  • frereux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ferreux - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

efrreux2fererux2fereux1ferreuxx1ferrexu2ferruex2fferreux1frereux2
Edit distance from "ferreux"

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 "ferreux"?
"ferreux" is spelled F-E-R-R-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛ.ʁø\.
What does "ferreux" mean?
As an adjective, "ferreux" means: Qui contient du fer.
What words are commonly confused with "ferreux"?
"ferreux" is commonly confused with "furieux", "ferveur", "foireux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ferreux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ferreux" is \fɛ.ʁø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ferreux" come from?
"ferreux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ferreux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

façonne#39,798farfelu#39,797finnois#39,802exempts#39,792

Similar misspelling depth

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

fancy8 variantsessayée8 variantsequity8 variantsGonesse8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list