foisonner
\fwa.zɔ.ne\
The verdict
“foisonner” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être en très grande abondance, ou abonder en telle ou telle chose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foisonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fwa.zɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “foisonner” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for foisonner is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fwa.zɔ.ne\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for foisonner in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is foisonner, spelled F-O-I-S-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Être en très grande abondance, ou abonder en telle ou telle chose.
- 2Se multiplier, en parlant de certains animaux.
- 3Augmenter de volume, en parlant de terre, de sable ou de tout autre matériaux, sous l’effet d'un décompactage, d'un mouillage ou d'une autre action.
- 4Introduire de fines bulles d’air à l’intérieur d'une substance solide afin de l’alléger, d’en réduire la densité ou d’abaisser sa compacité.
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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 “foisonner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-I-S-O-N-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fwa.zɔ.ne\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.