filasse
\fi.las\
The verdict
“filasse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assemblage, amas de filaments tirés de l’écorce du chanvre, de celle du lin, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-filasse · filasse · French
filasse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | filasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fi.las\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « filasse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
filasse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fi.las\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Assemblage, amas de filaments tirés de l’écorce du chanvre, de celle du lin, etc.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for filasse in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is filasse, spelled F-I-L-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Assemblage, amas de filaments tirés de l’écorce du chanvre, de celle du lin, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how filasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur un hectare, on obtient environ 600 à 900 kilog. de filasse de chanvre, quand on cultive la grande variété, […]. Le petit chanvre produit 250 kilog. de filasse dont la valeur est plus élevée que celle du grand chanvre […]. Le produit d'un hectare planté en lin est d'environ 450 kilog. de filasse et 5 à 6 hectolitres de graines.
J’avais les cheveux encore plus couleur de filasse que maintenant.
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.