fustige

\fys.tiʒ\

/\fys.tiʒ\/ verb

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The verdict

“fustige” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,970
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fustiger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fustige · fustige · French

fustige · rank #31,970 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,970
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH froment

Nearest frequency peer: froment (-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 « fustige »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fustige » 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).

fustige vs futile
71% similar
fustige vs fustiger
88% similar
fustige vs festive
71% similar

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

Key facts for fustige
PropertyValue
Headwordfustige
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fys.tiʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,970
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fustige »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fustigese 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 « froment » (#31,969), « galons » (#31,971), « froc » (#31,968). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fustige » est au #31,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around fustige (IPA \fys.tiʒ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,970 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fustige, with forms such as "ffustige", "fsutige", and "fusitge". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "futile", "fustiger", "festive", 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 fustige, spelled F-U-S-T-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fustiger.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fustiger.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de fustiger.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de fustiger.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de fustiger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le président du mouvement République souveraine Georges Kuzmanovic fustige par exemple un « délire multiculturaliste à la mode anglo-saxonne ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffustige
  • fsutige
  • fusitge
  • fusstige
  • fustgie
  • fustieg
  • fustigge
  • fusttige
  • futsige
  • ufstige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffustige1fsutige2fusitge2fusstige1fustgie2fustieg2fustigge1fusttige1
Edit distance from "fustige"

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 "fustige"?
"fustige" is spelled F-U-S-T-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fys.tiʒ\.
What does "fustige" mean?
As a verb, "fustige" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fustiger.
What words are commonly confused with "fustige"?
"fustige" is commonly confused with "futile", "fustiger", "festive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fustige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fustige" is \fys.tiʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fustige" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

froment#31,969Goodman#31,977figurez#31,961fermait#31,960

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Gourcuff10 variantsexégèse10 variantsdiction10 variantsinterim10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list