filasse

\fi.las\

/\fi.las\/ noun

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.

Key facts for filasse
PropertyValue
Headwordfilasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.las\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « filasse » en français

filassereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Assemblage, amas de filaments tirés de l’écorce du chanvre, de celle du lin, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "filasse"?
"filasse" is spelled F-I-L-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.las\.
What does "filasse" mean?
As a noun, "filasse" means: Assemblage, amas de filaments tirés de l’écorce du chanvre, de celle du lin, etc.
How do you pronounce "filasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filasse" is \fi.las\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filasse" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list