fétide
\fe.tid\
The verdict
“fétide” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,669
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a une odeur répugnante et nauséabonde, puant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fetide · fétide · French
fétide · rank #49,669 · 9 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,669
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fémorale
Nearest frequency peer: fémorale (-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 « fétide »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- friteuse
friteuse
50,337 corpus weight
- fronce
fronce
50,336 corpus weight
- fumisterie
fumisterie
50,335 corpus weight
- furtifs
furtifs
50,334 corpus weight
- fémorale
fémorale
50,333 corpus weight
- fétide
fétide
50,332 corpus weight
What this shows « fétide » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fétide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fe.tid\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fétide »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around fétide (IPA \fe.tid\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,669 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fétide, with forms such as "fetide", "ffétide", and "ftéide". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "froide", "fluide", "futile", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 fétide, spelled F-É-T-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a une odeur répugnante et nauséabonde, puant.
- 2Qui manifeste des sentiments ou une attitude inconvenante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fétide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il pâlit un peu, puis, tentant un effort désespéré, réussit à dégager un pied, tandis que l’autre restait prisonnier de la glu mouvante et fétide des profondeurs.
C'est ainsi que parmi les insectes nous trouvons beaucoup d'espèces d'animaux comme la punaise qui exhalent une odeur fétide.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fetide
- ffétide
- ftéide
- féitde
- fétdie
- fétidde
- fétied
- féttide
- éftide
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fétide - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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).