filons

\fi.lɔ̃\

/\fi.lɔ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“filons” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,812. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,812
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-filons · filons · French

filons · rank #27,812 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,812
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH filigrane

Nearest frequency peer: filigrane (-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 « filons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « filons » 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).

filons vs fils
67% similar
filons vs fins
67% similar
filons vs fion
67% similar

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

Key facts for filons
PropertyValue
Headwordfilons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fi.lɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,812
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « filons »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).filonsse 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 « filigrane » (#27,811), « fleurie » (#27,813), « figée » (#27,810). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « filons » est au #27,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around filons (IPA \fi.lɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,812 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 filons, with forms such as "ffilons", "fillons", and "filnos". 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, "fils", "fins", "fion", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is filons, spelled F-I-L-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe filer.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent du verbe filer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffilons
  • fillons
  • filnos
  • filonns
  • filonss
  • filosn
  • fiolns
  • flions
  • iflons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of filons - 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.

ffilons1fillons1filnos2filonns1filonss1filosn2fiolns2flions2
Edit distance from "filons"

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 "filons"?
"filons" is spelled F-I-L-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.lɔ̃\.
What does "filons" mean?
As a verb, "filons" means: Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe filer.
What words are commonly confused with "filons"?
"filons" is commonly confused with "fils", "fins", "fion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "filons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filons" is \fi.lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filons" come from?
"filons" 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 "filons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

fuseau#27,818essaya#27,804enragé#27,800guêpes#27,830

Similar misspelling depth

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

fleurie9 variantsengagea9 variantsdérape9 variantsdédain9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list