fouetter

\fwe.te\

/\fwe.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“fouetter” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,729. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,729
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper à l’aide d’un fouet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fouetter · fouetter · French

fouetter · rank #20,729 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,729
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fonciers

Nearest frequency peer: fonciers (-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 « fouetter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fouetter » 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).

fouetter vs fouette
88% similar
fouetter vs fouettée
75% similar

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

Key facts for fouetter
PropertyValue
Headwordfouetter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fwe.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,729
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fouetter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fouetterse 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 « fonciers » (#20,728), « fourche » (#20,730), « flagrante » (#20,727). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fouetter » est au #20,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fouetter (IPA \fwe.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,729 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fouetter, with forms such as "ffouetter", "foeutter", and "foueter". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fouette", "fouettée", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fouetter, spelled F-O-U-E-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frapper à l’aide d’un fouet.
  2. 2
    Frapper à coups de verge ou à l’aide d’une lanière.
  3. 3
    Frapper contre quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Battre avec un fouet ou tout autre instrument de la crème, du blanc d’œuf, etc., pour les faire mousser.
  5. 5
    Entretenir l'intérêt autour d’un produit pour faire monter les ventes.
  6. 6
    Stimuler, encourager, exciter.
  7. 7
    Puer ; sentir mauvais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans les premiers âges historiques, on ne voit pas seulement les maîtres frapper et fouetter leurs esclaves ; les rois eux-mêmes administrent le supplice de la bastonnade.
  2. Et fouette cocher ! se dit, en plaisantant, pour exprimer que l’on part en voiture avec une certaine rapidité. Se lancer dans une affaire avec précipitation.

Synonyms

flagellerdauberne pas sentir la rosepuerschlinguerschmouter

This word in other languages

whip(English)schlagen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffouetter
  • foeutter
  • foueter
  • fouetetr
  • fouetterr
  • fouettre
  • fouteter
  • fuoetter
  • ofuetter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fouetter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffouetter1foeutter2foueter1fouetetr2fouetterr1fouettre2fouteter2fuoetter2
Edit distance from "fouetter"

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 "fouetter"?
"fouetter" is spelled F-O-U-E-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fwe.te\.
What does "fouetter" mean?
As a verb, "fouetter" means: Frapper à l’aide d’un fouet.
What words are commonly confused with "fouetter"?
"fouetter" is commonly confused with "fouette", "fouettée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fouetter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fouetter" is \fwe.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fouetter" come from?
"fouetter" 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 "fouetter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

fonciers#20,728féminité#20,734figurine#20,724esquiver#20,713

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Gagnon9 variantsgalets9 variantsgerber9 variantsglauque9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list