foufounette
\fu.fu.nɛt\
The verdict
“foufounette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite foufoune.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foufounette · foufounette · French
foufounette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foufounette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fu.fu.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
foufounette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fu.fu.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for foufounette in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is foufounette, spelled F-O-U-F-O-U-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petite foufoune.
- 2Petite amie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foufounette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma fille a 3 ans, elle est propre mais elle se plaint parfois d’avoir la foufounette qui pique.
Ma foufounette, je veux juste que tu saches que je t’aime.
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.