foulant
\fu.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“foulant” is uncommon French (frequency #86,718 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,718
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui foule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foulant · foulant · French
foulant · rank #86,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,718
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH forests
Nearest frequency peer: forests (-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 « foulant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fondra
fondra
13,286 corpus weight
- forcèrent
forcèrent
13,285 corpus weight
- forests
forests
13,284 corpus weight
- foulant
foulant
13,283 corpus weight
- fourmilleme…
fourmillement
13,282 corpus weight
- fournirai
fournirai
13,281 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « foulant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foulant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fu.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « foulant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
foulant is uncommon French at frequency #86,718 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fu.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for foulant in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is foulant, spelled F-O-U-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui foule.
- 2Qui élève l’eau en la pressant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foulant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce système a l'avantage de supprimer l’attirail des tiges dans le puits d’exhaure ; il ne présente de difficulté que sous le rapport de la construction des pompes foulantes qui doivent supporter de très-grandes pressions.
L’eau descendait de bassins en bassins pour finir au Grand Canal et revenir à l’étang de Clagny par une machine foulante.
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.
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