foirer

\fwa.ʁe\

/\fwa.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“foirer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,319. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,319
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir la diarrhée, évacuer des excréments liquides.

Corpus desk

Index FR-foirer · foirer · French

foirer · rank #25,319 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,319
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH foetus

Nearest frequency peer: foetus (-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 « foirer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « foirer » 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).

foirer vs forêt
50% similar
foirer vs foyer
67% similar
foirer vs forez
67% similar

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

Key facts for foirer
PropertyValue
Headwordfoirer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fwa.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,319
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « foirer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).foirerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « foetus » (#25,318), « fonctionnelles » (#25,320), « flip » (#25,317). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « foirer » est au #25,319. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around foirer (IPA \fwa.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,319 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for foirer, with forms such as "ffoirer", "fiorer", and "foierr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "forêt", "foyer", "forez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is foirer, spelled F-O-I-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir la diarrhée, évacuer des excréments liquides.
  2. 2
    Avoir peur, défaillir de peur, céder à un relâchement, en chier.
  3. 3
    Se détendre, en parlant d’un cordage, ne plus pouvoir serrer, en parlant d’une vis ou d’un pas de vis dont le filetage est détérioré.
  4. 4
    Ne pas fonctionner, rater.
  5. 5
    Ne pas réussir, rater quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Madame Méhon en entendant cette mitraille, elle a foiré dans ses jupes.
  2. Et elle en foire ! Car elle recommence à minuit jusqu’à quatre heures.

This word in other languages

in die Hose gehen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffoirer
  • fiorer
  • foierr
  • foirerr
  • foirrer
  • forier
  • ofirer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foirer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffoirer1fiorer2foierr2foirerr1foirrer1forier2ofirer2
Edit distance from "foirer"

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 "foirer"?
"foirer" is spelled F-O-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fwa.ʁe\.
What does "foirer" mean?
As a verb, "foirer" means: Avoir la diarrhée, évacuer des excréments liquides.
What words are commonly confused with "foirer"?
"foirer" is commonly confused with "forêt", "foyer", "forez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "foirer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foirer" is \fwa.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foirer" come from?
"foirer" 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 "foirer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

foetus#25,318Fabian#25,311futile#25,329Grammy#25,339

Similar misspelling depth

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

gagna7 variantshakim7 variantsHamid7 variantshoche7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list