fumisterie

\fy.mis.tə.ʁi\

/\fy.mis.tə.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“fumisterie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,666
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Profession, travail du fumiste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fumisterie · fumisterie · French

fumisterie · rank #49,666 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,666
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fronce

Nearest frequency peer: fronce (-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 « fumisterie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fumisterie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fumisterie
PropertyValue
Headwordfumisterie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fy.mis.tə.ʁi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#49,666
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fumisterie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fumisteriese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fronce » (#49,665), « furtifs » (#49,667), « friteuse » (#49,664). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fumisterie » est au #49,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around fumisterie (IPA \fy.mis.tə.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,666 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for fumisterie, with forms such as "ffumisterie", "fmuisterie", and "fuimsterie". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fumisterie, spelled F-U-M-I-S-T-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Profession, travail du fumiste.
  2. 2
    Se dit familièrement d’une mauvaise plaisanterie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avant de quitter Bâle, il ne faut cependant pas oublier de signaler les merveilleux poêles qu’on y peut admirer un peu partout, dans les hôtels, auberges et autres lieux publics. Ce n’est plus de la fumisterie, c’est de l’art ! les tuyaux surtout sont splendides. = Albert Robida (1848-1926), "Les Vieilles villes de Suisse" (1879).
  2. Dans le courant de 1881, le conseil municipal crut donc me faire une énorme fumisterie en adoptant une proposition qui supprimait la brigade des mœurs à partir du 1ᵉʳ Janvier 1882 et m’invitait à prendre mes mesures en conséquence.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffumisterie
  • fmuisterie
  • fuimsterie
  • fumisetrie
  • fumissterie
  • fumisteire
  • fumisterei
  • fumisterrie
  • fumistreie
  • fumistterie
  • fumitserie
  • fummisterie
  • fumsiterie
  • ufmisterie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffumisterie1fmuisterie2fuimsterie2fumisetrie2fumissterie1fumisteire2fumisterei2fumisterrie1
Edit distance from "fumisterie"

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 "fumisterie"?
"fumisterie" is spelled F-U-M-I-S-T-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fy.mis.tə.ʁi\.
What does "fumisterie" mean?
As a noun, "fumisterie" means: Profession, travail du fumiste.
What are common misspellings of "fumisterie"?
Common misspellings include "ffumisterie", "fmuisterie", "fuimsterie", "fumisetrie", "fumissterie". The correct spelling is "fumisterie".
How do you pronounce "fumisterie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fumisterie" is \fy.mis.tə.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fumisterie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

freudienne#49,662fourniront#49,661gargouille#49,674granitique#49,685

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

exerçaient14 variantsenveloppés14 variantshomologuée14 variantsdéplacera14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list