figuier
\fi.ɡje\
The verdict
“figuier” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,812. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,812
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbre de la famille des moracées, qui porte des figues.
Corpus desk
Index FR-figuier · figuier · French
figuier · rank #37,812 · 9 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,812
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fendue
Nearest frequency peer: fendue (-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 « figuier »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- fautifs
fautifs
62,192 corpus weight
- feindre
feindre
62,191 corpus weight
- fendue
fendue
62,190 corpus weight
- figuier
figuier
62,189 corpus weight
- FIP
FIP
62,188 corpus weight
- flasher
flasher
62,187 corpus weight
What this shows « figuier » 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 | figuier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fi.ɡje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « figuier »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around figuier (IPA \fi.ɡje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,812 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for figuier, with forms such as "ffiguier", "fgiuier", and "figguier". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "figuré", "figures", "figurer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is figuier, spelled F-I-G-U-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Arbre de la famille des moracées, qui porte des figues.
- 2Bois tiré de cet arbre, dont il n’est fait aucun usage particulier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how figuier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est une large dépression herbeuse, avec une mare et un groupe de figuiers au centre.
Par cette matinée d’automne, on n’entend qu’un bruissement mélancolique, les amandiers et les figuiers laissent tomber leurs feuilles à cette même place où, sur les porphyres et les brèches d’Afrique, s’épandaient les pluies parfumées.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffiguier
- fgiuier
- figguier
- figiuer
- figueir
- figuierr
- figuire
- fiugier
- ifguier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of figuier - 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.
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 "figuier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).