noun, feminine/fot/plural: fautes
error, mistake; fault, blame; wrong, misdemeanor; foul, fault (infraction of the rules)
“une faute d'orthographe” — a spelling mistake
Inherited from Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō. Compare Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese falta. Doublet of faillite. Compare English fault and Spanish falta (“lack, shortage”).