fuseau

\fy.zo\

/\fy.zo\/ noun

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The verdict

“fuseau” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,818
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite tige de bois renflée en son milieu, pointu à un bout et arrondi à l’autre et dont on se sert pour filer à la quenouille et tordre le fil, afin de le rouler à mesure qu’il se forme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fuseau · fuseau · French

fuseau · rank #27,818 · 7 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,818
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH funky

Nearest frequency peer: funky (-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 « fuseau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fuseau » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

fuseau vs fusée
50% similar
fuseau vs fusées
50% similar
fuseau vs fusent
67% similar

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

Key facts for fuseau
PropertyValue
Headwordfuseau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fy.zo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,818
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fuseau »

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

#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 « funky » (#27,817), « félin » (#27,819), « follement » (#27,816). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fuseau » est au #27,818. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around fuseau (IPA \fy.zo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,818 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fuseau, with forms such as "ffuseau", "fsueau", and "fuesau". 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. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "fusée", "fusées", "fusent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fuseau, spelled F-U-S-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite tige de bois renflée en son milieu, pointu à un bout et arrondi à l’autre et dont on se sert pour filer à la quenouille et tordre le fil, afin de le rouler à mesure qu’il se forme.
  2. 2
    Petite broche où est enroulé le fil pour faire la dentelle.
  3. 3
    Chose fusiforme.
  4. 4
    Chose fusiforme.
  5. 5
    Chose fusiforme.
  6. 6
    Chose fusiforme.
  7. 7
    Chose fusiforme.
  8. 8
    Chose fusiforme.
  9. 9
    Zone comprise sur une surface entre deux arcs de courbure opposée ayant même origine et même extrémité.
  10. 10
    Zone délimitée par deux méridiens, sur l’ellipsoïde ou le plan de projection.
  11. 11
    Découpage du terrain autour des pénétrantes.
  12. 12
    Partie distale de l’intestin de porc, rectum, servant à l’embossage des saucissons, il est aussi nommé rosette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tourner, remplir, vider le fuseau.
  2. Le fuseau des Parques, se dit poétiquement parce que, selon la fable, les Parques filaient la vie des hommes.

This word in other languages

spindle(English)huso(Español)Spindel(Deutsch)fuso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffuseau
  • fsueau
  • fuesau
  • fusaeu
  • fuseua
  • fusseau
  • ufseau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fuseau - 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.

ffuseau1fsueau2fuesau2fusaeu2fuseua2fusseau1ufseau2
Edit distance from "fuseau"

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 "fuseau"?
"fuseau" is spelled F-U-S-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \fy.zo\.
What does "fuseau" mean?
As a noun, "fuseau" means: Petite tige de bois renflée en son milieu, pointu à un bout et arrondi à l’autre et dont on se sert pour filer à la quenouille et tordre le fil, afin de le rouler à mesure qu’il se forme.
What words are commonly confused with "fuseau"?
"fuseau" is commonly confused with "fusée", "fusées", "fusent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fuseau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fuseau" is \fy.zo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fuseau" come from?
"fuseau" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

filons#27,812guêpes#27,830essaya#27,804enragé#27,800

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Georg7 variantsfigée7 variantsHegel7 variantsirréel7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list