figurine
\fi.ɡy.ʁin\
The verdict
“figurine” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,724. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,724
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite figure préhistorique ou antique de terre cuite, de bronze, d’argent, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-figurine · figurine · French
figurine · rank #20,724 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,724
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fiesta
Nearest frequency peer: fiesta (-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 « figurine »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Favre
Favre
79,280 corpus weight
- ficelle
ficelle
79,279 corpus weight
- fiesta
fiesta
79,278 corpus weight
- figurine
figurine
79,277 corpus weight
- financial
financial
79,275 corpus weight
- flagrante
flagrante
79,274 corpus weight
What this shows « figurine » 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 | figurine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fi.ɡy.ʁin\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « figurine »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around figurine (IPA \fi.ɡy.ʁin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,724 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for figurine, with forms such as "ffigurine", "fgiurine", and "figgurine". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "figurines", "figuré", "figurent", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is figurine, spelled F-I-G-U-R-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Petite figure préhistorique ou antique de terre cuite, de bronze, d’argent, etc.
- 2Statuette.
- 3Pion ou petit jouet représentant un personnage.
- 4Petite image en deux dimensions symbolisant une personne ou un usager.
- 5Petite image en deux dimensions symbolisant une personne ou un usager.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how figurine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet amateur a une précieuse collection de figurines.
Sauf une figurine informe trouvée à Solutré et un équidé gravé sur un os provenant de Creswell-Crags (Angleterre), toutes ces ébauches, tous ces essais de gravure ou de sculpture avaient été trouvés dans le midi de la France ; et on pensait que les troglodytes de la Gascogne avaient eu le monopole de l’art, dans les premiers temps où nous pouvons affirmer…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffigurine
- fgiurine
- figgurine
- figruine
- figuirne
- figurien
- figurinne
- figurnie
- figurrine
- fiugrine
- ifgurine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of figurine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).