futile
\fy.til\
The verdict
“futile” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,329
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est frivole, qui est de peu de conséquence, de peu de considération.
Corpus desk
Index FR-futile · futile · French
futile · rank #25,329 · 8 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,329
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fugitifs
Nearest frequency peer: fugitifs (-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 « futile »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- frottement
frottement
74,675 corpus weight
- fruitiers
fruitiers
74,674 corpus weight
- fugitifs
fugitifs
74,673 corpus weight
- futile
futile
74,672 corpus weight
- Gaby
Gaby
74,670 corpus weight
- gagna
gagna
74,669 corpus weight
What this shows « futile » 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 | futile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fy.til\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « futile »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around futile (IPA \fy.til\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,329 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for futile, with forms such as "ffutile", "ftuile", and "fuitle". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "future", "futiles", "futilité", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is futile, spelled F-U-T-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est frivole, qui est de peu de conséquence, de peu de considération.
- 2Qui s’attache à des choses de peu de conséquence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how futile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heureuse enfant, murmura le général, qu’une cause aussi futile a encore le pouvoir de chagriner.
Ce qui rend les femmes particulièrement aptes à soigner, à élever notre première enfance, c’est qu’elles restent elles-mêmes puériles, futiles et bornées ; elles demeurent toute leur vie de grands enfants, une sorte d’intermédiaire entre l’enfant et l’homme.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffutile
- ftuile
- fuitle
- futiel
- futille
- futlie
- futtile
- uftile
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of futile - 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
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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 (8 here; floor ≥5).