FTP

\ɛf.te.pe\

/\ɛf.te.pe\/ noun

The verdict

“FTP” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #31,041) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#31,041
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résistant républicain français ; partisan d’une lutte de libération nationale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ftp · FTP · French

FTP · rank #31,041 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,041
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frustrée

Nearest frequency peer: frustrée (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « FTP »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « FTP » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

FTP vs fun
0% similar
FTP vs fût
0% similar
FTP vs fui
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for FTP
PropertyValue
HeadwordFTP
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛf.te.pe\
Letters3
Frequency rank#31,041
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « FTP »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).FTPse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « frustrée » (#31,040), « fusillades » (#31,042), « fructifier » (#31,039). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « FTP » est au #31,041. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for FTP is neighbouring look-alikes ("fun", "fût", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ɛf.te.pe\. Frequency #31,041 among 3,276 “F” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No generated misspelling entries exist for FTP in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fun", "fût", "fui", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is FTP, spelled F-T-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résistant républicain français ; partisan d’une lutte de libération nationale.
  2. 2
    Protocole de communication client-serveur développé pour échanger des fichiers sur les réseaux TCP/IP.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how FTP appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans un wagon, la nuit, j’ai entendu un FTP de je ne sais quelle compagnie qui chantait Zimmerwald. Nous avons aussitôt copié la chanson. Bien entendu, ce FTP était trotskyste.
  2. Le 22 septembre 1943, le groupe d'action immédiate des FTP quitte la ferme d'Alfred Rondeau au hameau de Hollard, à La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse, pour gagner Sens et y saboter l’usine de filets de camouflage de la Mousse.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "FTP"?
"FTP" is spelled F-T-P. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛf.te.pe\.
What does "FTP" mean?
As a noun, "FTP" means: Résistant républicain français ; partisan d’une lutte de libération nationale.
What words are commonly confused with "FTP"?
"FTP" is commonly confused with "fun", "fût", "fui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "FTP"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "FTP" is \ɛf.te.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "FTP" come from?
"FTP" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "FTP", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list