foil
\fɔjl\
The verdict
“foil” is uncommon French (frequency #87,647 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,647
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surface profilée immergée pour fournir une portance dynamique (liée à la vitesse) dont sont équipés les bateaux du type hydroptère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foil · foil · French
foil · rank #87,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,647
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Foenkinos
Nearest frequency peer: Foenkinos (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « foil »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- flamenca
flamenca
12,358 corpus weight
- Foenkinos
Foenkinos
12,355 corpus weight
- foil
foil
12,354 corpus weight
- follower
follower
12,353 corpus weight
- fomentée
fomentée
12,352 corpus weight
- franchissez
franchissez
12,351 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « foil » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔjl\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #87,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « foil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
foil is uncommon French at frequency #87,647 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔjl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Surface profilée immergée pour fournir une portance dynamique (liée à la vitesse) dont sont équipés les bateaux du type hydroptère.".
No misspelling variants are generated for foil in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is foil, spelled F-O-I-L.
Definition
- 1Surface profilée immergée pour fournir une portance dynamique (liée à la vitesse) dont sont équipés les bateaux du type hydroptère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On fait un sport mécanique et quand on a ajouté des foils sur les monocoques du Vendée Globe, il y avait eu beaucoup de casse au début. Et puis on a fini par gagner le Vendée Globe avec un bateau à foils.
D’abord, en raison de l’arrivée d’un nouveau bateau, le Figaro 3, le premier monotype de série équipé de foils – également appelés plans porteurs – permettant de réduire la surface mouillée, donc la traînée hydrodynamique.
Synonyms
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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