fou rire
\fu ʁiʁ\
The verdict
“fou rire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grand éclat de rire difficile à réfréner.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fou rire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fu ʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fou rire” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fou rire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fu ʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand éclat de rire difficile à réfréner.".
fou rire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 fou rire, spelled F-O-U- -R-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Grand éclat de rire difficile à réfréner.
This word in other languages
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 “fou rire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-U- -R-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fu ʁiʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.