fougasse
"fougasse" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fougasse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of lattice-shaped bread associated with the area of Provence.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fougasse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fougasse” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fougasse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for fougasse in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French fougasse. Doublet of focaccia. The correct English form is fougasse, spelled F-O-U-G-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1A type of lattice-shaped bread associated with the area of Provence.
- 2An old-fashioned type of land mine, in the form of a foxhole filled with explosives or projectiles.
Etymology
Borrowed from French fougasse. Doublet of focaccia.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fougasse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-U-G-A-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.