fortune
\fɔʁ.tyn\
The verdict
“fortune” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,076 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,076
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hasard, chance.
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 | fortune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.tyn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fortune” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fortune is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔʁ.tyn\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,076 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fortune, with forms such as "ffortune", "forrtune", and "fortnue". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "foutue", "fortunés", "fortunée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fortune, spelled F-O-R-T-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Hasard, chance.
- 2Tout ce qui arrive ou peut arriver de bien ou de mal à quelqu’un.
- 3Divinité païenne qui était censée distribuer, à son gré, le bonheur et le malheur.
- 4Aléas de la vie qui apportent du bien.
- 5Avancement, établissement dans les emplois, dans les honneurs, dans les biens.
- 6Tempête. → voir fortune de mer et de fortune
- 7Péril en mer, aléa, et donc voile de réserve en cas de tempête : la « fortune carrée ».
- 8Les faveurs d’une femme.
- 9Les biens, richesses, ressources pécuniaires.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffortune,forrtune,fortnue,forttune,fortuen,fortunne,forutne,fotrune,frotune,ofrtune
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fortune - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “fortune”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-R-T-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔʁ.tyn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “foutue” - see the side-by-side comparison. fortune vs foutue
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.