fifty-fifty
\fif.ti.fif.ti\
The verdict
“fifty-fifty” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À parts égales, cinquante-cinquante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fifty-fifty · fifty-fifty · French
fifty-fifty · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fifty-fifty |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \fif.ti.fif.ti\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fifty-fifty » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fifty-fifty is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \fif.ti.fif.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À parts égales, cinquante-cinquante.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fifty-fifty in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fifty-fifty, spelled F-I-F-T-Y---F-I-F-T-Y.
Definition
- 1À parts égales, cinquante-cinquante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fifty-fifty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour l’addition, on fait fifty-fifty.
— Au début, j’ai essayé de garder Angélique pour moi, pas pour moi tout seul, bien sûr,– je n’aurais pas pu, mais au moins un partage à fifty-fifty.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.