fit
\fit\
The verdict
“fit” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,175) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #2,175
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En bonne santé, en pleine forme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fit · fit · French
fit · rank #2,175 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,175
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH essaye
Nearest frequency peer: essaye (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « fit »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- doigts
doigts
97,829 corpus weight
- essaye
essaye
97,827 corpus weight
- fit
fit
97,826 corpus weight
- fruits
fruits
97,825 corpus weight
- haine
haine
97,824 corpus weight
- heureuse
heureuse
97,823 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « fit » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fit\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #2,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « fit »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for fit is neighbouring look-alikes ("FN", "fo", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \fit\. Frequency #2,175 among 3,276 “F” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fit, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FN", "fo", "fm", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fit, spelled F-I-T.
Definition
- 1En bonne santé, en pleine forme.
- 2Qui est dans un état second après la consommation de cannabis. référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bolshakova est "fit" pour Paris. La Belgo-Russe est rassurée. Les tests qu'elle a effectués en ce début de semaine sont concluants. — (RTBF Sport)
Ce joint m’a bien mis fit.
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.
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