forfaits
\fɔʁ.fɛ\
The verdict
“forfaits” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,161. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,161
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de forfait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-forfaits · forfaits · French
forfaits · rank #12,161 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,161
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH FMI
Nearest frequency peer: FMI (-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 « forfaits »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- flexibilité
flexibilité
87,843 corpus weight
- FMI
FMI
87,841 corpus weight
- forfaits
forfaits
87,840 corpus weight
- fourmis
fourmis
87,839 corpus weight
- fuites
fuites
87,838 corpus weight
- fureur
fureur
87,837 corpus weight
What this shows « forfaits » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forfaits |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.fɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,161 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « forfaits »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around forfaits (IPA \fɔʁ.fɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,161 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de forfait.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for forfaits, with forms such as "fforfaits", "fofraits", and "forafits". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "formats", "formait", "forfait", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is forfaits, spelled F-O-R-F-A-I-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de forfait.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fforfaits
- fofraits
- forafits
- forfaist
- forfaitss
- forfaitts
- forfatis
- forffaits
- forfiats
- forrfaits
- frofaits
- ofrfaits
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forfaits - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "forfaits", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).