fond de teint

noun

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.

Key facts for fond de teint
PropertyValue
Headwordfond de teint
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fond de teint” sits in French frequency

fond de teint falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Produit 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fond de teint"?
"fond de teint" is spelled F-O-N-D- -D-E- -T-E-I-N-T.
What does "fond de teint" mean?
As a noun, "fond de teint" means: Produit cosmétique unifiant la couleur de l’épiderme, notamment du visage, en lui donnant souvent de légers reflets rouges.
What language does "fond de teint" come from?
"fond de teint" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “fond de teint”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • 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.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list