filiforme
\fi.li.fɔʁm\
The verdict
“filiforme” is an uncommon French word, ranked #72,331 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #72,331
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est délié comme un fil.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | filiforme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fi.li.fɔʁm\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “filiforme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for filiforme is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fi.li.fɔʁm\. Corpus data places it at rank #72,331 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for filiforme in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is filiforme, spelled F-I-L-I-F-O-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est délié comme un fil.
- 2Long ou grand et mince comme un fil.
- 3Maigre, en parlant d’un être humain.
- 4Qualifie un pouls très faible et qui ne se sent presque plus.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “filiforme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-I-L-I-F-O-R-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fi.li.fɔʁm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.