fouir
\fwiʁ\
The verdict
“fouir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Creuser la terre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fouir · fouir · French
fouir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | fouir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fwiʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fouir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fouir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fwiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fouir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fouir, spelled F-O-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1Creuser la terre.
- 2Fouiller, chercher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fouir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fouir une vigne, travailler la terre au pied de la vigne.
Un chien brun fouissait un tapis de feuilles humides, avec énergie.
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.