Feyzin

\fɛ.zɛ̃\

/\fɛ.zɛ̃\/ name

The verdict

“Feyzin” is uncommon French (frequency #88,628 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,628
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française située dans la métropole de Lyon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-feyzin · Feyzin · French

Feyzin · rank #88,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,628
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH feus

Nearest frequency peer: feus (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Feyzin »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Feyzin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Feyzin
PropertyValue
HeadwordFeyzin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\fɛ.zɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,628
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Feyzin » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Feyzintombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « feus » (#88,627), « feur » (#88,626), « festi » (#88,625). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Feyzin » est au #88,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Feyzin is uncommon French at frequency #88,628 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fɛ.zɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française située dans la métropole de Lyon.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Feyzin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Feyzin, spelled F-E-Y-Z-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française située dans la métropole de Lyon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À la nuit, nous nous sommes arrêtés dans la vallée du Rhône, à Feyzin. Il fallait libérer les routes pour les convois.
  2. Yves Blein, lui, est élu maire de Feyzin en 2001 et réélu depuis. Plutôt réformiste, il ne supporte plus le député de sa circonscription, le communiste André Gerin, qui est un des derniers doctrinaires de son parti.

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 "Feyzin"?
"Feyzin" is spelled F-E-Y-Z-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛ.zɛ̃\.
What does "Feyzin" mean?
As a proper noun, "Feyzin" means: Commune française située dans la métropole de Lyon.
How do you pronounce "Feyzin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Feyzin" is \fɛ.zɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list