furtif
\fyʁ.tif\
The verdict
“furtif” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,413. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,413
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se fait à la dérobée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-furtif · furtif · French
furtif · rank #32,413 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,413
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fumait
Nearest frequency peer: fumait (-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 « furtif »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- finalisé
finalisé
67,591 corpus weight
- fjord
fjord
67,590 corpus weight
- fumait
fumait
67,589 corpus weight
- furtif
furtif
67,588 corpus weight
- Führer
Führer
67,587 corpus weight
- gail
gail
67,585 corpus weight
What this shows « furtif » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | furtif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fyʁ.tif\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « furtif »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around furtif (IPA \fyʁ.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,413 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for furtif, with forms such as "ffurtif", "frutif", and "furitf". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "furtive", "furtifs", "furie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 furtif, spelled F-U-R-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui se fait à la dérobée.
- 2Qui dérobe.
- 3Se dit d’un virus qui modifie le comportement du système infecté afin de masquer sa présence.
- 4Se dit des plate-formes de combat dont la signature radar est minimisée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how furtif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces bousculades entre fillettes et garçons, ces jambes en l’air, et ces mains furtives sous les jupons, lui paraissaient surtout des jeux délicats et gracieux.
On se surprend, en parcourant tôt le matin la rue principale, à surveiller son environnement. Des regards un peu furtifs sont échangés à l’occasion de très rares rencontres.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffurtif
- frutif
- furitf
- furrtif
- furtfi
- furtiff
- furttif
- futrif
- ufrtif
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of furtif - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "furtif", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).