functie
[fʏnk.siː]
The verdict
“functie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fonction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-functie · functie · French
functie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | functie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fʏnk.siː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « functie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
functie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fʏnk.siː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fonction.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for functie, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is functie, spelled F-U-N-C-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Fonction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how functie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
in functie treden : entrer en fonction
de functie van secretaris : la fonction de secrétaire
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.