fortunate
\ˈfɔː.tʃə.nət\
The verdict
“fortunate” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chanceux, heureux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fortunate · fortunate · French
fortunate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | fortunate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfɔː.tʃə.nət\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fortunate » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fortunate is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfɔː.tʃə.nət\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chanceux, heureux.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fortunate, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fortunate, spelled F-O-R-T-U-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Chanceux, heureux.
Synonyms
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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.