filaments

\fi.la.mɑ̃\

/\fi.la.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“filaments” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,943. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,943
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de filament.

Corpus desk

Index FR-filaments · filaments · French

filaments · rank #35,943 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,943
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH filantes

Nearest frequency peer: filantes (+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 « filaments »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « filaments » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

filaments vs filment
78% similar
filaments vs filament
89% similar

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

Key facts for filaments
PropertyValue
Headwordfilaments
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.la.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,943
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « filaments »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).filamentsse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « filantes » (#35,944), « fiducie » (#35,941), « finalisation » (#35,945). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « filaments » est au #35,943. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around filaments (IPA \fi.la.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,943 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de filament.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for filaments, with forms such as "ffilaments", "fialments", and "filaemnts". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "filment", "filament", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is filaments, spelled F-I-L-A-M-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de filament.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le front pointu, mal caché par des cheveux plats, rares, et qui tombaient comme des filaments de verre soufflé, couronnait par des rugosités rougeâtres une face grimaude.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffilaments
  • fialments
  • filaemnts
  • filamennts
  • filamenst
  • filamentss
  • filamentts
  • filametns
  • filamments
  • filamnets
  • fillaments
  • filmaents
  • fliaments
  • iflaments

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of filaments - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffilaments1fialments2filaemnts2filamennts1filamenst2filamentss1filamentts1filametns2
Edit distance from "filaments"

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 "filaments"?
"filaments" is spelled F-I-L-A-M-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.la.mɑ̃\.
What does "filaments" mean?
As a noun, "filaments" means: Pluriel de filament.
What words are commonly confused with "filaments"?
"filaments" is commonly confused with "filment", "filament". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "filaments"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filaments" is \fi.la.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filaments" come from?
"filaments" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "filaments", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list