fongus
\fɔ̃.ɡys\
The verdict
“fongus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Champignon, champignon de mer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fongus · fongus · French
fongus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fongus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ̃.ɡys\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fongus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔ̃.ɡys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fongus, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fongus, spelled F-O-N-G-U-S.
Definition
- 1Champignon, champignon de mer.
- 2Tumeur qui offre l’aspect microscopique d’une éponge ou d’un champignon et qui s’élève sur la peau ou sur quelque autre membrane, sur une plaie, sur un ulcère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fongus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un fongus de nature cancéreuse.
This word in other languages
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