fier

\fjɛʁ\

/\fjɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“fier” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,365) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,365
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui éprouve une envie d’amour-propre souvent fondée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fier · fier · French

fier · rank #2,365 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,365
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH empereur

Nearest frequency peer: empereur (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « fier »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « fier » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

fier vs fin
50% similar
fier vs fil
50% similar
fier vs for
50% similar

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

Key facts for fier
PropertyValue
Headwordfier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fjɛʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,365
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « fier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fierse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « empereur » (#2,364), « George » (#2,366), « déteste » (#2,363). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fier » est au #2,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for fier is neighbouring look-alikes ("fin", "fil", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \fjɛʁ\. Frequency #2,365 among 3,276 “F” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for fier, with forms such as "feir", "ffier", and "fierr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fin", "fil", "for", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fier, spelled F-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui éprouve une envie d’amour-propre souvent fondée.
  2. 2
    Remarquable.
  3. 3
    Se dit d'un lion représenté avec le poil hérissé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cet homme est fier ; peut-on s’y fier ?
  2. – […] Comment est-il quand il rentre ? – Tout content, comme au début de notre mariage. – Crois-moi, s’il avait une mauvaise conduite, il ne serait pas fier en rentrant à la maison. Ne pense plus à cela.

Synonyms

hautainmorgantorgueilleuxfameuxsacré

This word in other languages

proud(English)orgulloso(Español)stolz(Deutsch)orgulhoso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • feir
  • ffier
  • fierr
  • ifer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fier - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

feir2ffier1fierr1ifer2
Edit distance from "fier"

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 "fier"?
"fier" is spelled F-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fjɛʁ\.
What does "fier" mean?
As an adjective, "fier" means: Qui éprouve une envie d’amour-propre souvent fondée.
What words are commonly confused with "fier"?
"fier" is commonly confused with "fin", "fil", "for". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fier" is \fjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fier" come from?
"fier" 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 "fier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mini#2,371tort#2,394trou#2,396fans#2,318

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list