filigrane

\fi.li.ɡʁan\

/\fi.li.ɡʁan\/ noun

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The verdict

“filigrane” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,811. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,811
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrage d’orfèvrerie travaillé à jour et formé de fils métalliques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-filigrane · filigrane · French

filigrane · rank #27,811 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,811
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH figée

Nearest frequency peer: figée (-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 « filigrane »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « filigrane » 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
Key facts for filigrane
PropertyValue
Headwordfiligrane
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.li.ɡʁan\
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,811
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « filigrane »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.filigranese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « figée » (#27,810), « filons » (#27,812), « feed » (#27,809). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « filigrane » est au #27,811. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around filigrane (IPA \fi.li.ɡʁan\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,811 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for filigrane, with forms such as "ffiligrane", "fiilgrane", and "filgirane". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 filigrane, spelled F-I-L-I-G-R-A-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouvrage d’orfèvrerie travaillé à jour et formé de fils métalliques.
  2. 2
    Lettres, marque ou figures que l’on fixe sur la forme à fabriquer le papier et dont l’empreinte est visible dans la feuille de papier.
  3. 3
    Empreinte d’identification obtenue par ce procédé, et qui apparaît lorsqu’on examine le papier par transparence.
  4. 4
    Sujet ou question qui apparaît de manière non explicite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un chapelet de filigrane. Un coffret de filigrane.
  2. Le costume du zagal est charmant, d’une élégance et d’une légèreté extrêmes ; il porte un chapeau pointu enjolivé de bandes de velours et de pompons de soie, une veste marron ou tabac, avec des dessous de manches et un collet fait de morceaux de diverses couleurs, bleu, blanc et rouge ordinairement, et une grande arabesque épanouie au milieu du dos, des c…

This word in other languages

filigree(English)filigrana(Español)Filigran(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffiligrane
  • fiilgrane
  • filgirane
  • filigarne
  • filiggrane
  • filigraen
  • filigranne
  • filigrnae
  • filigrrane
  • filirgane
  • filligrane
  • fliigrane
  • ifligrane

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of filigrane - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffiligrane1fiilgrane2filgirane2filigarne2filiggrane1filigraen2filigranne1filigrnae2
Edit distance from "filigrane"

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 "filigrane"?
"filigrane" is spelled F-I-L-I-G-R-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.li.ɡʁan\.
What does "filigrane" mean?
As a noun, "filigrane" means: Ouvrage d’orfèvrerie travaillé à jour et formé de fils métalliques.
What are common misspellings of "filigrane"?
Common misspellings include "ffiligrane", "fiilgrane", "filgirane", "filigarne", "filiggrane". The correct spelling is "filigrane".
How do you pronounce "filigrane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filigrane" is \fi.li.ɡʁan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filigrane" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

facilitée#27,807follement#27,816gagnantes#27,820Garibaldi#27,823

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

dépouiller13 variantsdéfendus13 variantshéroïques13 variantsimportait13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list