fichus
\fi.ʃy\
The verdict
“fichus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,086
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de fichu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fichus · fichus · French
fichus · rank #49,086 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,086
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fichait
Nearest frequency peer: fichait (-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 « fichus »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Feld
Feld
50,919 corpus weight
- ffa
ffa
50,917 corpus weight
- fichait
fichait
50,916 corpus weight
- fichus
fichus
50,915 corpus weight
- Fincher
Fincher
50,913 corpus weight
- FIV
FIV
50,912 corpus weight
What this shows « fichus » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fichus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fi.ʃy\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fichus »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around fichus (IPA \fi.ʃy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,086 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de fichu.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fichus, with forms such as "fcihus", "ffichus", and "ficchus". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "focus", "Fuchs", "friches", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fichus, spelled F-I-C-H-U-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de fichu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fichus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorsqu’un morceau de la corniche d’un toit était venu s’écraser à ses pieds, il avait pris cela pour un de ces fichus pots de fleur qui sont avec le linge la décoration permanente de Naples, et il s’était re-demandé ce qui pouvait bien retarder Sylvana.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fcihus
- ffichus
- ficchus
- fichhus
- fichsu
- fichuss
- ficuhs
- fihcus
- ifchus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fichus - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fichus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).