foufou
\fu.fu\
The verdict
“foufou” is uncommon French (frequency #51,478 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,478
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espiègle, écervelé, tout fou (affectif).
Corpus desk
Index FR-foufou · foufou · French
foufou · rank #51,478 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,478
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 137,178
- PHOTO-FINISH foutaient
Nearest frequency peer: foutaient (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “foufou”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- foto
foto
48,525 corpus weight
- foufou
foufou
48,523 corpus weight
- foutaient
foutaient
48,522 corpus weight
- foxy
foxy
48,521 corpus weight
- fragrance
fragrance
48,520 corpus weight
- frissonne
frissonne
48,519 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “foufou” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foufou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fu.fu\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “foufou” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
foufou is uncommon French at frequency #51,478 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fu.fu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espiègle, écervelé, tout fou (affectif).".
foufou doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is foufou, spelled F-O-U-F-O-U.
Definition
- 1Espiègle, écervelé, tout fou (affectif).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foufou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le jeune comte Octavian, assez foufou, assez lancé sous les jupes des dames pour être connu sous le tendre nom de « Quinquin ».
Bigle un peu le chanteur foufou… encore un qui la soigne, sa publicité.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.