fêtait

\fe.tɛ\

/\fe.tɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“fêtait” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,313
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fêter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fetait · fêtait · French

fêtait · rank #39,313 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,313
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH féerique

Nearest frequency peer: féerique (-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 « fêtait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fêtait » 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).

fêtait vs fêtent
67% similar
fêtait vs fumait
67% similar
fêtait vs fixait
67% similar

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

Key facts for fêtait
PropertyValue
Headwordfêtait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fe.tɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#39,313
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fêtait »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fêtaitse 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 « féerique » (#39,312), « gagnais » (#39,314), « fusionne » (#39,311). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fêtait » est au #39,313. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fêtait (IPA \fe.tɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,313 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fêter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fêtait, with forms such as "fetait", "ffêtait", and "ftêait". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "fêtent", "fumait", "fixait", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 fêtait, spelled F-Ê-T-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fêter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À un moment donné, Zef avisa son compère en train de s’embrouiller avec une meute de types plutôt balaises. Une équipe de rugby au grand complet qui fêtait là sa troisième mi-temps.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fetait
  • ffêtait
  • ftêait
  • fêatit
  • fêtaitt
  • fêtati
  • fêtiat
  • fêttait
  • êftait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fetait1ffêtait1ftêait2fêatit2fêtaitt1fêtati2fêtiat2fêttait1
Edit distance from "fêtait"

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 "fêtait"?
"fêtait" is spelled F-Ê-T-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.tɛ\.
What does "fêtait" mean?
As a verb, "fêtait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fêter.
What words are commonly confused with "fêtait"?
"fêtait" is commonly confused with "fêtent", "fumait", "fixait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fêtait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fêtait" is \fe.tɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fêtait" come from?
"fêtait" 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 "fêtait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list