feuille

Name: feuille, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\fœj\

/\fœj\/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“feuille” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,073 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#3,073
frequency rank, French: 7
letters: 7
tracked misspellings: 15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Organe aérien et généralement plat des plantes vasculaires, inséré sur la tige, spécialisé dans la photosynthèse, les échanges gazeux et la transpiration.

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
Property	Value
Headword	feuille
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\fœj\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#3,073
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	15
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “feuille” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). feuille lands here:

#3,073

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for feuille is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fœj\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,073 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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
Organe aérien et généralement plat des plantes vasculaires, inséré sur la tige, spécialisé dans la photosynthèse, les échanges gazeux et la transpiration.
2
Pétale d’une fleur.
3
Couche mince de matière. → voir feuille d’aluminium, feuille de brik et feuille d’or
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
Élément composant un livre, un magazine ou un journal.
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
Couteau assez court, à lame très large, utilisé principalement pour la découpe des os et la séparation des articulations.
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
Oreille. → voir à la feuille, être dur de la feuille et feuille de chou
10
Écaille morte qui se détache d’un os, d’un tendon, d’un cartilage.
11
Synonyme de fausse limande (poisson).
12
Élément décoratif. → voir feuille de chêne, feuille de laurier, feuille d’acanthe et à la feuille d’or
13
Le pique d’un jeu de cartes germanique, ainsi nommé parce que les cartes de cette couleur sont marquées de feuilles stylisées.
14
Motif ornant une armoirie.
15
Journal, presse écrite.

Synonyms

portugaise abaisse

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.

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.

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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Using “feuille”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is F-E-U-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \fœj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “fille” - see the side-by-side comparison. feuille vs fille
Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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.