fiasco

\fjas.ko\

/\fjas.ko\/ noun

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The verdict

“fiasco” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,427. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,427
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Échec complet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fiasco · fiasco · French

fiasco · rank #17,427 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,427
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH feel

Nearest frequency peer: feel (-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 « fiasco »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fiasco » 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).

fiasco vs fisc
67% similar
fiasco vs franco
67% similar
fiasco vs faso
67% similar

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

Key facts for fiasco
PropertyValue
Headwordfiasco
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fjas.ko\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,427
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fiasco »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fiascose place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « feel » (#17,426), « foncer » (#17,428), « fabre » (#17,425). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fiasco » est au #17,427. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fiasco (IPA \fjas.ko\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,427 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fiasco, with forms such as "faisco", "ffiasco", and "fiacso". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "fisc", "franco", "faso", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fiasco, spelled F-I-A-S-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Échec complet.
  2. 2
    Défaillance sexuelle masculine.
  3. 3
    Flasque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Notre révolution a été un fiasco ; la preuve, après trente années d’indépendance, c’est la régression, le totalitarisme, le règne de la médiocrité.
  2. Une colo tourne au fiasco.

Synonyms

bide

This word in other languages

fiasco(English)fiasco(Español)Reinfall(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • faisco
  • ffiasco
  • fiacso
  • fiascco
  • fiasoc
  • fiassco
  • fisaco
  • ifasco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fiasco - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

faisco2ffiasco1fiacso2fiascco1fiasoc2fiassco1fisaco2ifasco2
Edit distance from "fiasco"

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 "fiasco"?
"fiasco" is spelled F-I-A-S-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is \fjas.ko\.
What does "fiasco" mean?
As a noun, "fiasco" means: Échec complet.
What words are commonly confused with "fiasco"?
"fiasco" is commonly confused with "fisc", "franco", "faso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fiasco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fiasco" is \fjas.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fiasco" come from?
"fiasco" 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 "fiasco", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

foncer#17,428Freddy#17,429Giroud#17,434gluten#17,436

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

havane8 variantsHorace8 variantsclash8 variantsManier8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list