fondeur
\fɔ̃.dœʁ\
The verdict
“fondeur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,301
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui dirige une fonderie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fondeur · fondeur · French
fondeur · rank #38,301 · 10 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,301
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH following
Nearest frequency peer: following (-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 « fondeur »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- finirent
finirent
61,703 corpus weight
- florale
florale
61,702 corpus weight
- following
following
61,701 corpus weight
- fondeur
fondeur
61,700 corpus weight
- fugitive
fugitive
61,698 corpus weight
- fusibles
fusibles
61,697 corpus weight
What this shows « fondeur » 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 | fondeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ̃.dœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fondeur »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around fondeur (IPA \fɔ̃.dœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,301 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fondeur, with forms such as "ffondeur", "fnodeur", and "fodneur". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "fondu", "fondue", "fondus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fondeur, spelled F-O-N-D-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Personne qui dirige une fonderie.
- 2Ouvrier ou artisan qui fond les canons, les cloches, les statues de bronze, etc.
- 3Sportif qui pratique le ski de fond ou la course de fond.
- 4Société fabricant des puces électroniques, comme des microprocesseurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fondeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aussi les Mores portent toujours des balances , & rebutent les pièces qui ne sont pas de poids: il faut les remettre à la fonte , ce qui produit des sommes considérables aux Juifs, qui sont les seuls monnoyeurs & fondeurs de ce Pays.
Nous avons fait usage du fourneau ordinaire de fondeurs, avec cette différence que ce fourneau étoit recouvert d'un dôme en terre cuite pour concentrer la chaleur.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffondeur
- fnodeur
- fodneur
- fonddeur
- fonderu
- fondeurr
- fonduer
- fonedur
- fonndeur
- ofndeur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fondeur - 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.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).