fessier

\fɛ.sje\

/\fɛ.sje\/ adj

The verdict

“fessier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,804. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,804
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux fesses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fessier · fessier · French

fessier · rank #38,804 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,804
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fessenheim

Nearest frequency peer: Fessenheim (-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 « fessier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fessier » 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).

fessier vs février
57% similar
fessier vs fessiers
88% similar
fessier vs fesse
71% similar

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

Key facts for fessier
PropertyValue
Headwordfessier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fɛ.sje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,804
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fessier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fessierse 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 « Fessenheim » (#38,803), « fifty » (#38,805), « fige » (#38,806). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fessier » est au #38,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fessier (IPA \fɛ.sje\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,804 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif aux fesses.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fessier, with forms such as "efssier", "fesier", and "fesiser". 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, "février", "fessiers", "fesse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fessier, spelled F-E-S-S-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux fesses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’hirsutisme est le développement excessif de la pilosité chez la femme dans les territoires androgéno-dépendants qui en sont habituellement dépourvus : visage, thorax, ligne blanche, région fessière et intergénitocrurale.
  2. On tourna le dos à l'Hôtel des monnaies, la vainqueresse musardait, feignant de rien deviner de mes émois ni de la captivité dans laquelle, d'un inimitable balancement fessier, elle m'avait jeté.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efssier
  • fesier
  • fesiser
  • fesseir
  • fessierr
  • fessire
  • ffessier
  • fsesier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fessier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

efssier2fesier1fesiser2fesseir2fessierr1fessire2ffessier1fsesier2
Edit distance from "fessier"

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 "fessier"?
"fessier" is spelled F-E-S-S-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛ.sje\.
What does "fessier" mean?
As an adjective, "fessier" means: Relatif aux fesses.
What words are commonly confused with "fessier"?
"fessier" is commonly confused with "février", "fessiers", "fesse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fessier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fessier" is \fɛ.sje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fessier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list