Filip

name

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The verdict

“Filip” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,437. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,437
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-filip · Filip · French

Filip · rank #43,437 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,437
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fichage

Nearest frequency peer: fichage (-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 « Filip »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Filip » 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).

Filip vs FIP
20% similar
Filip vs fils
40% similar
Filip vs film
40% similar

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

Key facts for Filip
PropertyValue
HeadwordFilip
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#43,437
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Filip »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Filipse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fichage » (#43,436), « filou » (#43,438), « FFR » (#43,435). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Filip » est au #43,437. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Filip, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,437 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Filip, with forms such as "ffilip", "fiilp", and "filipp". 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, "FIP", "fils", "film", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Filip, spelled F-I-L-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Le fait de cesser de prendre les transports en commun pendant le Covid a été une prise de conscience », soutient Filip.
  2. Filip Reyntjens a publié, le 5 avril 2017, un « Que sais-je ? » sur Le génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffilip
  • fiilp
  • filipp
  • fillip
  • filpi
  • fliip
  • iflip

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffilip1fiilp2filipp1fillip1filpi2fliip2iflip2
Edit distance from "Filip"

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 "Filip"?
"Filip" is spelled F-I-L-I-P.
What does "Filip" mean?
As a proper noun, "Filip" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Filip"?
"Filip" is commonly confused with "FIP", "fils", "film". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Filip" come from?
"Filip" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

filou#43,438ferro#43,434galas#43,458galle#43,459

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Engel7 variantshallal7 variantsDebra7 variantsKourou7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list