filent

\fil\

/\fil\/ verb

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The verdict

“filent” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,030
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de filer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-filent · filent · French

filent · rank #31,030 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,030
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fighter

Nearest frequency peer: fighter (-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 « filent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « filent » 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).

filent vs filet
83% similar
filent vs filer
67% similar
filent vs files
67% similar

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

Key facts for filent
PropertyValue
Headwordfilent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fil\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,030
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « filent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.filentse 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 « fighter » (#31,029), « fission » (#31,031), « fiancés » (#31,028). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « filent » est au #31,030. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around filent (IPA \fil\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,030 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for filent, with forms such as "ffilent", "fielnt", and "filennt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "filet", "filer", "files", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is filent, spelled F-I-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de filer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de filer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Portées par l’interprétation des deux rôles-titres (Caroline Prost en flic à côté de ses pompes et Hugo Becker, flippant à souhait), les quatre-vingt-dix-huit minutes filent à toute vitesse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffilent
  • fielnt
  • filennt
  • filentt
  • filetn
  • fillent
  • filnet
  • flient
  • iflent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of filent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffilent1fielnt2filennt1filentt1filetn2fillent1filnet2flient2
Edit distance from "filent"

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 "filent"?
"filent" is spelled F-I-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fil\.
What does "filent" mean?
As a verb, "filent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de filer.
What words are commonly confused with "filent"?
"filent" is commonly confused with "filet", "filer", "files". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "filent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filent" is \fil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filent" come from?
"filent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fowler#31,035fêtent#31,045garnie#31,046engine#31,009

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Engels9 variantsholden9 variantsdédale9 variantsDustin9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list