fond de teint
The verdict
“fond de teint” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Produit cosmétique unifiant la couleur de l’épiderme, notamment du visage, en lui donnant souvent de légers reflets rouges.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fond de teint |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fond de teint” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fond de teint is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Produit cosmétique unifiant la couleur de l’épiderme, notamment du visage, en lui donnant souvent de légers reflets rouges.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fond de teint in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fond de teint, spelled F-O-N-D- -D-E- -T-E-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Produit cosmétique unifiant la couleur de l’épiderme, notamment du visage, en lui donnant souvent de légers reflets rouges.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fond de teint”
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- The one correct French spelling is F-O-N-D- -D-E- -T-E-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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