fissure

\fi.syʁ\

/\fi.syʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“fissure” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,448
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-fissure · fissure · French

fissure · rank #20,448 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #20,448
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fermetures

Nearest frequency peer: fermetures (-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 « fissure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fissure » 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).

fissure vs figuré
57% similar

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

Key facts for fissure
PropertyValue
Headwordfissure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.syʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,448
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fissure »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fissurese 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 « fermetures » (#20,447), « fleuri » (#20,449), « favorites » (#20,446). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fissure » est au #20,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fissure (IPA \fi.syʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,448 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fissure, with forms such as "ffissure", "fissrue", and "fissuer". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "figuré", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fissure, spelled F-I-S-S-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite fente.
  2. 2
    Ulcération allongée et superficielle siégeant dans les plis de l’anus.
  3. 3
    Coupure qui sépare des assises de même nature.
  4. 4
    Lacune dans les idées, en parlant de solution de continuité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Notre civilisation craque de toutes parts. Les lézardes sont telles qu’il est presque impossible de les réparer. Dès que l’on veut boucher une fissure, on voit en apparaitre une autre, qui est la conséquence de la réparation opérée.
  2. Je n’aimais pas la façon dont il barbouillait des sexes tracés au fusain dans l’entrejambe de nos poupées, et parfois y pratiquait des fissures. Ce n’était, en fait, qu’un enfant mal à l’aise à l’extrême bord de la puberté.

This word in other languages

fissure(English)hendidura(Español)Sprung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffissure
  • fissrue
  • fissuer
  • fissurre
  • fisure
  • fisusre
  • fsisure
  • ifssure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffissure1fissrue2fissuer2fissurre1fisure1fisusre2fsisure2ifssure2
Edit distance from "fissure"

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 "fissure"?
"fissure" is spelled F-I-S-S-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.syʁ\.
What does "fissure" mean?
As a noun, "fissure" means: Petite fente.
What words are commonly confused with "fissure"?
"fissure" is commonly confused with "figuré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fissure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fissure" is \fi.syʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fissure" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Freddie#20,451immigré#20,465délices#20,428influer#20,468

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

fleuri8 variantsextase8 variantsGiraud8 variantscocotte8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list