feuille

\fœj\

/\fœj\/ noun

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The verdict

“feuille” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,073. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,073
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organe aérien et généralement plat des plantes vasculaires, inséré sur la tige, spécialisé dans la photosynthèse, les échanges gazeux et la transpiration.

Corpus desk

Index FR-feuille · feuille · French

feuille · rank #3,073 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,073
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH favorable

Nearest frequency peer: favorable (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “feuille”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “feuille” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

feuille vs fille
71% similar
feuille vs fouille
86% similar
feuille vs feuilles
88% similar

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

Key facts for feuille
PropertyValue
Headwordfeuille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fœj\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,073
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “feuille” sits in French frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).feuille lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around feuille (IPA \fœj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,073 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for feuille, with forms such as "efuille", "feiulle", and "feuile". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "fille", "fouille", "feuilles", 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 feuille, spelled F-E-U-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organe aérien et généralement plat des plantes vasculaires, inséré sur la tige, spécialisé dans la photosynthèse, les échanges gazeux et la transpiration.
  2. 2
    Pétale d’une fleur.
  3. 3
    Couche mince de matière. → voir feuille d’aluminium, feuille de brik et feuille d’or
  4. 4
    Surface pouvant recevoir des caractères ou des dessins. → voir feuille de papier, feuille simple, feuille double, feuille de parchemin, feuille de brouillon et feuille d’épreuve
  5. 5
    Élément composant un livre, un magazine ou un journal.
  6. 6
    Information contenue sur le support. → voir feuille blanche, feuille de présence, feuille d’impôts, feuille d’audience, feuille d’émargement, feuille de route et feuille de calcul
  7. 7
    Couteau assez court, à lame très large, utilisé principalement pour la découpe des os et la séparation des articulations.
  8. 8
    Synonyme de coupure (unité de fractionnement d’un découpage, ou bien champ d’une carte constituée par une unité normale d’un découpage logique).
  9. 9
    Oreille. → voir à la feuille, être dur de la feuille et feuille de chou
  10. 10
    Écaille morte qui se détache d’un os, d’un tendon, d’un cartilage.
  11. 11
    Synonyme de fausse limande (poisson).
  12. 12
    Élément décoratif. → voir feuille de chêne, feuille de laurier, feuille d’acanthe et à la feuille d’or
  13. 13
    Le pique d’un jeu de cartes germanique, ainsi nommé parce que les cartes de cette couleur sont marquées de feuilles stylisées.
  14. 14
    Motif ornant une armoirie.
  15. 15
    Journal, presse écrite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La lune était toute nouvelle, et, du Nord, le vent apportait l’odeur des précoces jonchées de feuilles à bout de sève, de souches cariées.
  2. Le vent s’éleva, qui fit s’envoler et tourbillonner les feuilles jaunes des arbres, et la pluie tomba, fine, oblique, cinglante et froide.

Synonyms

portugaiseabaisse

This word in other languages

leaf(English)hoja(Español)Blatt(Deutsch)folha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efuille
  • feiulle
  • feuile
  • feuilel
  • feulile
  • ffeuille
  • fueille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

efuille2feiulle2feuile1feuilel2feulile2ffeuille1fueille2
Edit distance from "feuille"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feuille"?
"feuille" is spelled F-E-U-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fœj\.
What does "feuille" mean?
As a noun, "feuille" means: Organe aérien et généralement plat des plantes vasculaires, inséré sur la tige, spécialisé dans la photosynthèse, les échanges gazeux et la transpiration.
What words are commonly confused with "feuille"?
"feuille" is commonly confused with "fille", "fouille", "feuilles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feuille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feuille" is \fœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feuille" come from?
"feuille" 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 "feuille", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

engager#3,071fortune#3,076horreur#3,077directe#3,067

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

liées7 variantsCorée7 variantsbouger7 variantstêtes7 variants

What to do next

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  • "feuille" maps to 15 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fille". View pair
  • 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #3,073 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list