fouinard
\fwi.naʁ\
The verdict
“fouinard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - et Aimant fouiner, curieux de ce qui concerne les autres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fouinard · fouinard · French
fouinard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | fouinard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fwi.naʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fouinard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fwi.naʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "et Aimant fouiner, curieux de ce qui concerne les autres.".
Zero misspellings are on record for fouinard in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fouinard, spelled F-O-U-I-N-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1et Aimant fouiner, curieux de ce qui concerne les autres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fouinard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle a un petit regard fouinard qui ne trompe pas: elle adore se mêler de ce qui ne la regarde pas.
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.