feuilleton

\fœj.tɔ̃\

/\fœj.tɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“feuilleton” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,791
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie de certains journaux, ordinairement au bas des pages, et contenant des articles de littérature, de critique, de beaux-arts, ou des romans.

Corpus desk

Index FR-feuilleton · feuilleton · French

feuilleton · rank #13,791 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,791
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH faubourg

Nearest frequency peer: faubourg (-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 « feuilleton »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « feuilleton » 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).

feuilleton vs feuillets
80% similar
feuilleton vs feuilletons
91% similar
feuilleton vs feuillet
80% similar

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

Key facts for feuilleton
PropertyValue
Headwordfeuilleton
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fœj.tɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#13,791
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « feuilleton »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).feuilletonse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « faubourg » (#13,790), « finlandais » (#13,792), « extensions » (#13,789). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « feuilleton » est au #13,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around feuilleton (IPA \fœj.tɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,791 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for feuilleton, with forms such as "efuilleton", "feiulleton", and "feuilelton". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "feuillets", "feuilletons", "feuillet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is feuilleton, spelled F-E-U-I-L-L-E-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie de certains journaux, ordinairement au bas des pages, et contenant des articles de littérature, de critique, de beaux-arts, ou des romans.
  2. 2
    Série télévisée.
  3. 3
    Roman publié en feuilleton.
  4. 4
    Longue succession d’évènements.
  5. 5
    (Québec) Document parlementaire dans lequel les informations relatives aux travaux du jour sont quotidiennement notés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Feuilleton dramatique.
  2. Ainsi parlait ce brave bandit, plus dégoûté de son métier qu’un journaliste parisien quand arrive son tour de feuilleton.

This word in other languages

column(English)Feuilleton(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efuilleton
  • feiulleton
  • feuilelton
  • feuileton
  • feuilleotn
  • feuilletno
  • feuilletonn
  • feuilletton
  • feuillteon
  • feulileton
  • ffeuilleton
  • fueilleton

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

efuilleton2feiulleton2feuilelton2feuileton1feuilleotn2feuilletno2feuilletonn1feuilletton1
Edit distance from "feuilleton"

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 "feuilleton"?
"feuilleton" is spelled F-E-U-I-L-L-E-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fœj.tɔ̃\.
What does "feuilleton" mean?
As a noun, "feuilleton" means: Partie de certains journaux, ordinairement au bas des pages, et contenant des articles de littérature, de critique, de beaux-arts, ou des romans.
What words are commonly confused with "feuilleton"?
"feuilleton" is commonly confused with "feuillets", "feuilletons", "feuillet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feuilleton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feuilleton" is \fœj.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feuilleton" come from?
"feuilleton" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "feuilleton", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

finlandais#13,792extensions#13,789expiration#13,788inscrivent#13,815

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

gameplay12 variantsharceler12 variantsDordogne12 variantsdonneront12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list