fouineur

\fwi.nœʁ\

/\fwi.nœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“fouineur” is uncommon French (frequency #92,745 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,745
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fouine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fouineur · fouineur · French

fouineur · rank #92,745 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,745
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH foresta

Nearest frequency peer: foresta (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « fouineur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fouineur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fouineur
PropertyValue
Headwordfouineur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fwi.nœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,745
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fouineur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fouineurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « foresta » (#92,744), « foultitude » (#92,746), « fourvoyer » (#92,747). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fouineur » est au #92,745. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fouineur is uncommon French at frequency #92,745 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fwi.nœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui fouine.".

No misspelling variants are generated for fouineur in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fouineur, spelled F-O-U-I-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui fouine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il désigna un banian haut comme une cathédrale, non loin du village, dont les énormes racines s’insinuaient dans le sol, pareilles aux doigts fouineurs d’un géant.

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 "fouineur"?
"fouineur" is spelled F-O-U-I-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fwi.nœʁ\.
What does "fouineur" mean?
As an adjective, "fouineur" means: Qui fouine.
How do you pronounce "fouineur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fouineur" is \fwi.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fouineur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Franchet#92,751franques#92,753Fukuyama#92,761factrice#92,720

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list