ferrier

noun

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The verdict

“ferrier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,433. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,433
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monticule composé de déchets de fonderie de fer, d'époque gallo-romaine ou plus récente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ferrier · ferrier · French

ferrier · rank #43,433 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,433
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fenouil

Nearest frequency peer: fenouil (-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 « ferrier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ferrier » 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).

ferrier vs février
71% similar
ferrier vs fourier
71% similar
ferrier vs ferries
86% similar

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

Key facts for ferrier
PropertyValue
Headwordferrier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,433
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ferrier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ferrierse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fenouil » (#43,432), « ferro » (#43,434), « feet » (#43,431). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « ferrier » est au #43,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around ferrier, anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,433 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Monticule composé de déchets de fonderie de fer, d'époque gallo-romaine ou plus récente.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ferrier, with forms such as "efrrier", "ferier", and "ferirer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "février", "fourier", "ferries", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ferrier, spelled F-E-R-R-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monticule composé de déchets de fonderie de fer, d'époque gallo-romaine ou plus récente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Par ailleurs, il existe un ferrier gallo-romain à Bonval, un autre dans le village même de Villethierry.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efrrier
  • ferier
  • ferirer
  • ferreir
  • ferrierr
  • ferrire
  • fferrier
  • frerier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ferrier - 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.

efrrier2ferier1ferirer2ferreir2ferrierr1ferrire2fferrier1frerier2
Edit distance from "ferrier"

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 "ferrier"?
"ferrier" is spelled F-E-R-R-I-E-R.
What does "ferrier" mean?
As a noun, "ferrier" means: Monticule composé de déchets de fonderie de fer, d'époque gallo-romaine ou plus récente.
What words are commonly confused with "ferrier"?
"ferrier" is commonly confused with "février", "fourier", "ferries". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ferrier" come from?
"ferrier" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fenouil#43,432fichage#43,436faiblir#43,427fuyards#43,454

Similar misspelling depth

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

fauche8 variantsféerie8 variantsEnedis8 variantsGeneva8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list