fugace

Name: fugace, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\fy.ɡas\

/\fy.ɡas\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“fugace” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,627
frequency rank, French: 3,276
“F” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui échappe, qui a peu de durée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fugace · fugace · French

fugace · rank #45,627 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #45,627
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 3,276
PHOTO-FINISH FSB

Nearest frequency peer: FSB (-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.

frozen

54,377
FSB

54,375
fugace

54,374
funiculaire

54,373
féline

54,372
féodalité

54,371

What this shows « fugace » 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).

fugace vs fugue

67% similar

fugace vs face

67% similar

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

Key facts for fugace
Property	Value
Headword	fugace
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\fy.ɡas\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#45,627
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fugace »

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

#45,627

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « FSB » (#45,626), « funiculaire » (#45,628), « féline » (#45,629). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fugace » est au #45,627. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fugace (IPA \fy.ɡas\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,627 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fugace, with forms such as "ffugace", "fguace", and "fuagce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fugue", "face", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fugace, spelled F-U-G-A-C-E.

Definition

1
Qui échappe, qui a peu de durée.
2
Qui laisse échapper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Une sensation fugace.
Je suis toujours debout avant le jour, et le vois lentement paraître. À cette heure où le parc et la maison n’existent que pour moi j’éprouve, plus que jamais, le sentiment qui m’est ici familier de vivre quelque chose d’éternel, mais aussi d’étonnamment fugace.

This word in other languages

fleeting(English)fugaz(Español)fugaz(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ffugace
fguace
fuagce
fugacce
fugaec
fugcae
fuggace
ufgace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fugace - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "fugace"

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 "fugace"?

"fugace" is spelled F-U-G-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fy.ɡas\.

What does "fugace" mean?

As an adjective, "fugace" means: Qui échappe, qui a peu de durée.

What words are commonly confused with "fugace"?

"fugace" is commonly confused with "fugue", "face". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "fugace"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fugace" is \fy.ɡas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "fugace" come from?

"fugace" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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