fouille-au-train

noun

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The verdict

“fouille-au-train” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui se mêle de ce qui ne la regarde pas ; ou selon le point de vue, personne qui enquête sur des affaires douteuses.

Key facts for fouille-au-train
PropertyValue
Headwordfouille-au-train
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fouille-au-train” sits in French frequency

fouille-au-train falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fouille-au-train is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui se mêle de ce qui ne la regarde pas ; ou selon le point de vue, personne qui enquête sur des affaires douteuses.".

Zero misspellings are on record for fouille-au-train in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fouille-au-train, spelled F-O-U-I-L-L-E---A-U---T-R-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui se mêle de ce qui ne la regarde pas ; ou selon le point de vue, personne qui enquête sur des affaires douteuses.

Synonyms

fouille-merde

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fouille-au-train"?
"fouille-au-train" is spelled F-O-U-I-L-L-E---A-U---T-R-A-I-N.
What does "fouille-au-train" mean?
As a noun, "fouille-au-train" means: Personne qui se mêle de ce qui ne la regarde pas ; ou selon le point de vue, personne qui enquête sur des affaires douteuses.
What language does "fouille-au-train" come from?
"fouille-au-train" 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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Using “fouille-au-train”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-O-U-I-L-L-E---A-U---T-R-A-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list