fouette

\fwɛt\

/\fwɛt\/ verb

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The verdict

“fouette” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,885. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,885
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fouetter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fouette · fouette · French

fouette · rank #42,885 · 7 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,885
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fonctionnerait

Nearest frequency peer: fonctionnerait (-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 « fouette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fouette » 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).

fouette vs foute
71% similar
fouette vs foutre
71% similar
fouette vs foutue
71% similar

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

Key facts for fouette
PropertyValue
Headwordfouette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fwɛt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,885
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fouette »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fouettese 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 « fonctionnerait » (#42,884), « Fourest » (#42,886), « Fofana » (#42,883). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fouette » est au #42,885. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around fouette (IPA \fwɛt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,885 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fouette, with forms such as "ffouette", "foeutte", and "fouete". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "foute", "foutre", "foutue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fouette, spelled F-O-U-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fouetter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fouetter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de fouetter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de fouetter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de fouetter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La seule matière que je vois dans mon bar, elle est là devant moi, sur pied, c’est une grosse matière qui fouette, avec un flingo dans les pognes !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffouette
  • foeutte
  • fouete
  • fouetet
  • foutete
  • fuoette
  • ofuette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffouette1foeutte2fouete1fouetet2foutete2fuoette2ofuette2
Edit distance from "fouette"

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 "fouette"?
"fouette" is spelled F-O-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fwɛt\.
What does "fouette" mean?
As a verb, "fouette" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fouetter.
What words are commonly confused with "fouette"?
"fouette" is commonly confused with "foute", "foutre", "foutue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fouette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fouette" is \fwɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fouette" come from?
"fouette" 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 "fouette", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Fourest#42,886fleuret#42,880feutres#42,877Fuentes#42,894

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

ferret7 variantsgault7 variantshidden7 variantsinique7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list