film

\film\

/\film\/ noun

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The verdict

“film” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#366
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pellicule de gélatine de type photographique sur laquelle on enregistre une suite d’images à l’aide d’un appareil photo.

Corpus desk

Index FR-film · film · French

film · rank #366 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #366
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH dessus

Nearest frequency peer: dessus (-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 « film »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « film » 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).

film vs fm
50% similar
film vs FL
0% similar
film vs fin
50% similar

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

Key facts for film
PropertyValue
Headwordfilm
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\film\
Letters4
Frequency rank#366
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « film »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).filmse 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 « dessus » (#365), « meilleur » (#367), « aura » (#364). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « film » est au #366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around film (IPA \film\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #366 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for film, with forms such as "ffilm", "fillm", and "filmm". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fm", "FL", "fin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 film, spelled F-I-L-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pellicule de gélatine de type photographique sur laquelle on enregistre une suite d’images à l’aide d’un appareil photo.
  2. 2
    Pellicule cinématographique sur laquelle on enregistre une suite d’images constituant un récit.
  3. 3
    L’œuvre elle-même.
  4. 4
    Industrie du cinéma.
  5. 5
    Fine pellicule de plastique transparente destinée à l’emballage d’un objet dont elle épouse la forme.
  6. 6
    Fine pellicule de plastique transparente destinée à l’emballage d’un objet dont elle épouse la forme.
  7. 7
    Mince couche de matière. Le terme feuil a été suggéré comme francisation.
  8. 8
    Nom générique désignant toute pellicule de matière solide ou liquide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bizarrement, la mode des séances de spiritisme avec déplacements de lourdes tables et apparitions et matérialisations « d’ectoplasmes » perdit beaucoup de sa popularité à peu près à la même époque où la compagnie Kodak mis sur le marché son premier film sensible aux rayons infrarouges.
  2. Tourner un film.

Synonyms

court-métragelong-métragenégatiftoile

This word in other languages

movie(English)película(Español)Film(Deutsch)película(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffilm
  • fillm
  • filmm
  • fiml
  • flim
  • iflm

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of film - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffilm1fillm1filmm1fiml2flim2iflm2
Edit distance from "film"

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 "film"?
"film" is spelled F-I-L-M. The IPA pronunciation is \film\.
What does "film" mean?
As a noun, "film" means: Pellicule de gélatine de type photographique sur laquelle on enregistre une suite d’images à l’aide d’un appareil photo.
What words are commonly confused with "film"?
"film" is commonly confused with "fm", "FL", "fin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "film"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "film" is \film\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "film" come from?
"film" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aura#364êtes#362haut#372tour#360

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

vont6 variantschef6 variantsfort6 variantstard6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list