folio

\fɔ.ljo\

/\fɔ.ljo\/ noun

The verdict

“folio” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,022
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Feuillet, en parlant de registres, de manuscrits, etc., numérotés par feuillets, et non par pages.

Corpus desk

Index FR-folio · folio · French

folio · rank #19,022 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,022
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH finissant

Nearest frequency peer: finissant (-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 « folio »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « folio » 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).

folio vs foo
60% similar
folio vs folk
60% similar
folio vs foll
60% similar

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

Key facts for folio
PropertyValue
Headwordfolio
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔ.ljo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,022
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « folio »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.foliose 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 « finissant » (#19,021), « Forbes » (#19,023), « filmée » (#19,020). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « folio » est au #19,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around folio (IPA \fɔ.ljo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,022 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for folio, with forms such as "ffolio", "floio", and "foilo". 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, "foo", "folk", "foll", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is folio, spelled F-O-L-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Feuillet, en parlant de registres, de manuscrits, etc., numérotés par feuillets, et non par pages.
  2. 2
    Chiffre numéral qui se met sur chaque page.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Folio recto, ou simplement recto, première page du feuillet ;
  2. folio verso, ou simplement verso, son revers.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffolio
  • floio
  • foilo
  • follio
  • foloi
  • oflio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of folio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffolio1floio2foilo2follio1foloi2oflio2
Edit distance from "folio"

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 "folio"?
"folio" is spelled F-O-L-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.ljo\.
What does "folio" mean?
As a noun, "folio" means: Feuillet, en parlant de registres, de manuscrits, etc., numérotés par feuillets, et non par pages.
What words are commonly confused with "folio"?
"folio" is commonly confused with "foo", "folk", "foll". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "folio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "folio" is \fɔ.ljo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "folio" come from?
"folio" 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 "folio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list