fides

noun

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The verdict

“fides” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,296. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,296
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Foi, croyance, confiance, créance, crédit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fides · fides · French

fides · rank #38,296 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,296
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fictives

Nearest frequency peer: fictives (-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 « fides »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fides » 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).

fides vs fie
60% similar
fides vs fis
60% similar
fides vs fils
60% similar

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

Key facts for fides
PropertyValue
Headwordfides
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,296
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fides »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fictives » (#38,295), « filment » (#38,297), « festivaliers » (#38,294). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fides » est au #38,296. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around fides, anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,296 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fides, with forms such as "fdies", "ffides", and "fiddes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fie", "fis", "fils", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fides, spelled F-I-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Foi, croyance, confiance, créance, crédit.
  2. 2
    Bonne foi, loyauté, droiture, conscience, franchise, sincérité, honnêteté.
  3. 3
    Promesse, serment, parole d’honneur, sauf-conduit, caution, assurance, garantie.
  4. 4
    Protection, patronage, assistance, aide, secours, tutelle.
  5. 5
    Preuve, conviction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alicui rei fidem adjungere (tribuere)
  2. Alicui, alicui rei fidem habere.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fdies
  • ffides
  • fiddes
  • fidess
  • fidse
  • fieds
  • ifdes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fides - 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.

fdies2ffides1fiddes1fidess1fidse2fieds2ifdes2
Edit distance from "fides"

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 "fides"?
"fides" is spelled F-I-D-E-S.
What does "fides" mean?
As a noun, "fides" means: Foi, croyance, confiance, créance, crédit.
What words are commonly confused with "fides"?
"fides" is commonly confused with "fie", "fis", "fils". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "fides" come from?
"fides" 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 "fides", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fatah#38,291facts#38,288faber#38,287Euler#38,284

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

enfuie7 variantsgolan7 variantsheard7 variantsIncas7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list