foule

\ful\

/\ful\/ noun

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The verdict

“foule” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,616. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,616
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de fouler les draps. On dit plutôt foulage de nos jours.

Corpus desk

Index FR-foule · foule · French

foule · rank #2,616 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,616
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fixe

Nearest frequency peer: fixe (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « foule »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « foule » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

foule vs fous
60% similar
foule vs fout
60% similar
foule vs four
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for foule
PropertyValue
Headwordfoule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ful\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,616
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « foule »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).foulese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fixe » (#2,615), « fédéral » (#2,617), « financière » (#2,614). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « foule » est au #2,616. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around foule (IPA \ful\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,616 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for foule, with forms such as "ffoule", "folue", and "fouel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fous", "fout", "four", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is foule, spelled F-O-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de fouler les draps. On dit plutôt foulage de nos jours.
  2. 2
    Action de fouler les draps. On dit plutôt foulage de nos jours.
  3. 3
    Atelier de foulage.
  4. 4
    Dans un métier à tisser, espace entre les deux nappes de la chaîne, où l’on fait passer le fil de trame. On dit aussi marchure.
  5. 5
    Longue perche pour pousser la ralingue du vent afin d’ouvrir les voiles le plus possible.
  6. 6
    Sorte de pêche dans laquelle, foulant du pied le fond des rivières, ou de la mer, quand la marée est basse, on pique avec une sorte de fourche le poisson que l’on rencontre enfoui dans le sable ou la vase.
  7. 7
    Ce qui foule les hommes : oppression, vexation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La foule des draps.
  2. Ouvriers à la foule.

Synonyms

pas

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffoule
  • folue
  • fouel
  • foulle
  • fuole
  • ofule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foule - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffoule1folue2fouel2foulle1fuole2ofule2
Edit distance from "foule"

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 "foule"?
"foule" is spelled F-O-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ful\.
What does "foule" mean?
As a noun, "foule" means: Action de fouler les draps. On dit plutôt foulage de nos jours.
What words are commonly confused with "foule"?
"foule" is commonly confused with "fous", "fout", "four". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "foule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foule" is \ful\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foule" come from?
"foule" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list