ficus
\fi.kys\
The verdict
“ficus” is uncommon French (frequency #52,069 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,069
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plante du genre Ficus de la famille des Moraceae, représenté par des arbres, des arbustes ou des lianes, plantes tropicales, dont les inflorescences et infrutescences sont des sycones ou figues.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ficus · ficus · French
ficus · rank #52,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,069
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 137,178
- PHOTO-FINISH fet
Nearest frequency peer: fet (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ficus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fermons
fermons
47,935 corpus weight
- Ferréol
Ferréol
47,934 corpus weight
- fet
fet
47,933 corpus weight
- ficus
ficus
47,932 corpus weight
- Firewall
Firewall
47,931 corpus weight
- flamant
flamant
47,930 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ficus” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ficus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fi.kys\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ficus” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ficus is uncommon French at frequency #52,069 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fi.kys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ficus in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ficus, spelled F-I-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1Plante du genre Ficus de la famille des Moraceae, représenté par des arbres, des arbustes ou des lianes, plantes tropicales, dont les inflorescences et infrutescences sont des sycones ou figues.
- 2Mollusque gastéropode de la Mer Rouge et de l'Océan Indien.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ficus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.