fétichiste

\fe.ti.ʃist\

/\fe.ti.ʃist\/ adj

The verdict

“fétichiste” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,897. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,897
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui pratique le fétichisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fetichiste · fétichiste · French

fétichiste · rank #42,897 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #42,897
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fécamp

Nearest frequency peer: Fécamp (-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 « fétichiste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fétichiste » 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).

fétichiste vs fétichisme
90% similar

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

Key facts for fétichiste
PropertyValue
Headwordfétichiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fe.ti.ʃist\
Letters10
Frequency rank#42,897
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fétichiste »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fétichistese 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 « Fécamp » (#42,896), « Futuna » (#42,895), « gardais » (#42,899). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fétichiste » est au #42,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around fétichiste (IPA \fe.ti.ʃist\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,897 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui pratique le fétichisme.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for fétichiste, with forms such as "fetichiste", "ffétichiste", and "ftéichiste". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fétichisme", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fétichiste, spelled F-É-T-I-C-H-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui pratique le fétichisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle se rappelait que Dechartre lui avait dit : « L’amour est fétichiste. J’ai cueilli sur la terrasse les baies noires et desséchées d’un troène, que vous aviez regardé. » Pourquoi n’avait-elle pas songé à emporter une petite pierre du pavillon où elle avait oublié le monde ?
  2. Sur le front, juste au milieu, la croix berbère était tracée en bleu, symbole inconnu, inexplicable chez ces peuplades autochtones qui ne furent jamais chrétiennes et que l'islam vint prendre toutes sauvages et fétichistes, pour sa grande floraison de foi et d'espérance.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fetichiste
  • ffétichiste
  • ftéichiste
  • féitchiste
  • fétcihiste
  • féticchiste
  • fétichhiste
  • fétichiset
  • fétichisste
  • fétichistte
  • fétichitse
  • fétichsite
  • féticihste
  • fétihciste
  • féttichiste
  • éftichiste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fétichiste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

fetichiste1ffétichiste1ftéichiste2féitchiste2fétcihiste2féticchiste1fétichhiste1fétichiset2
Edit distance from "fétichiste"

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 "fétichiste"?
"fétichiste" is spelled F-É-T-I-C-H-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.ti.ʃist\.
What does "fétichiste" mean?
As an adjective, "fétichiste" means: Qui pratique le fétichisme.
What words are commonly confused with "fétichiste"?
"fétichiste" is commonly confused with "fétichisme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fétichiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fétichiste" is \fe.ti.ʃist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fétichiste" come from?
"fétichiste" 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 "fétichiste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list