fil de fer
\fil də fɛʁ\
The verdict
“fil de fer” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cylindre en fer de même diamètre et assez fin pour ressembler à un fil, malléable et résistant à la tension.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fil de fer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fil də fɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fil de fer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fil de fer is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fil də fɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for fil de fer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is fil de fer, spelled F-I-L- -D-E- -F-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Cylindre en fer de même diamètre et assez fin pour ressembler à un fil, malléable et résistant à la tension.
- 2Sport d’équilibre pratiqué sur un fil de fer suspendu dans les airs. Discipline traditionnelle dans un cirque.
- 3Larve des taupins.
- 4Représentation visuelle d’objet en 3D avant habillage d’une texture.
- 5Ossature dépouillée de toute image d’un site web permettant de valider les fonctionnalités de navigation.
This word in other languages
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.
Cite this page
Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY-SA). Copy the citation:
PlainSpell, “fil de fer, French word data” (May 6, 2026). Derived from Wiktionary (kaikki.org, CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. https://plainspell.com/fr/mot/fil-de-fer
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "fil de fer"?
What does "fil de fer" mean?
How do you pronounce "fil de fer"?
What language does "fil de fer" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “fil de fer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-I-L- -D-E- -F-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fil də fɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter F in our French index: