fortune

\fɔʁ.tyn\

/\fɔʁ.tyn\/ noun

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The verdict

“fortune” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,076. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,076
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hasard, chance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fortune · fortune · French

fortune · rank #3,076 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,076
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH forts

Nearest frequency peer: forts (-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 « fortune »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fortune » 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).

fortune vs foutue
71% similar
fortune vs fortunés
75% similar
fortune vs fortunée
88% similar

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

Key facts for fortune
PropertyValue
Headwordfortune
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔʁ.tyn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,076
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fortune »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fortunese 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 « forts » (#3,075), « horreur » (#3,077), « folle » (#3,074). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fortune » est au #3,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around fortune (IPA \fɔʁ.tyn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,076 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Hasard, chance.
  2. 2
    Tout ce qui arrive ou peut arriver de bien ou de mal à quelqu’un.
  3. 3
    Divinité païenne qui était censée distribuer, à son gré, le bonheur et le malheur.
  4. 4
    Aléas de la vie qui apportent du bien.
  5. 5
    Avancement, établissement dans les emplois, dans les honneurs, dans les biens.
  6. 6
    Tempête. → voir fortune de mer et de fortune
  7. 7
    Péril en mer, aléa, et donc voile de réserve en cas de tempête : la « fortune carrée ».
  8. 8
    Les faveurs d’une femme.
  9. 9
    Les biens, richesses, ressources pécuniaires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La fortune des armes. J’en courrai la fortune. La mauvaise fortune le poursuit.
  2. Au reste, ne cherchez point à vous sauver de ces lieux, vous le tenteriez sans succès, et vous feriez votre fortune plus mauvaise : commencez votre nouveau régime de vie par la patience.

This word in other languages

fortune(English)suerte(Español)Fügung(Deutsch)acaso(Português)

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.

ffortune1forrtune1fortnue2forttune1fortuen2fortunne1forutne2fotrune2
Edit distance from "fortune"

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 "fortune"?
"fortune" is spelled F-O-R-T-U-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.tyn\.
What does "fortune" mean?
As a noun, "fortune" means: Hasard, chance.
What words are commonly confused with "fortune"?
"fortune" is commonly confused with "foutue", "fortunés", "fortunée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fortune"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fortune" is \fɔʁ.tyn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fortune" come from?
"fortune" 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 "fortune", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

horreur#3,077feuille#3,073engager#3,071directe#3,067

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Montage10 variantsbouteille10 variantspiscine10 variantsrapporte10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list