fortuite

\fɔʁ.tɥit\

/\fɔʁ.tɥit\/ adj

The verdict

“fortuite” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,615
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de fortuit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fortuite · fortuite · French

fortuite · rank #30,615 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,615
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH formez

Nearest frequency peer: formez (-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 « fortuite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fortuite » 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).

fortuite vs fruité
63% similar
fortuite vs fortune
75% similar
fortuite vs fortunée
75% similar

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

Key facts for fortuite
PropertyValue
Headwordfortuite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fɔʁ.tɥit\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,615
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fortuite »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fortuitese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « formez » (#30,614), « fraternelle » (#30,616), « flous » (#30,613). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fortuite » est au #30,615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fortuite (IPA \fɔʁ.tɥit\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,615 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de fortuit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fortuite, with forms such as "ffortuite", "forrtuite", and "fortiute". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "fruité", "fortune", "fortunée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fortuite, spelled F-O-R-T-U-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de fortuit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Selon son caractère, chaque membre de cette société fortuite contemple le ciel, s’en va sautillant pour ne pas se crotter, ou parce qu’il est pressé, ou parce qu’il voit des citoyens marchant malgré vent et marée, ou parce que la cour de la maison étant humide et catarrhalement mortelle, la lisière, dit le proverbe, est pire que le drap.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffortuite
  • forrtuite
  • fortiute
  • forttuite
  • fortuiet
  • fortuitte
  • fortutie
  • forutite
  • fotruite
  • frotuite
  • ofrtuite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fortuite - 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.

ffortuite1forrtuite1fortiute2forttuite1fortuiet2fortuitte1fortutie2forutite2
Edit distance from "fortuite"

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 "fortuite"?
"fortuite" is spelled F-O-R-T-U-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.tɥit\.
What does "fortuite" mean?
As an adjective, "fortuite" means: Féminin singulier de fortuit.
What words are commonly confused with "fortuite"?
"fortuite" is commonly confused with "fruité", "fortune", "fortunée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fortuite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fortuite" is \fɔʁ.tɥit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fortuite" come from?
"fortuite" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fortuite", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list