foulée

\fu.le\

/\fu.le\/ noun

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The verdict

“foulée” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,504. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,504
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Temps pendant lequel, dans la marche, le pied du cheval pose sur le sol.

Corpus desk

Index FR-foulee · foulée · French

foulée · rank #10,504 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,504
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH folles

Nearest frequency peer: folles (-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 « foulée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « foulée » 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).

foulée vs fumée
67% similar
foulée vs fusée
67% similar
foulée vs foute
67% similar

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

Key facts for foulée
PropertyValue
Headwordfoulée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fu.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,504
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « foulée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fouléese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « folles » (#10,503), « fourchette » (#10,505), « fléau » (#10,502). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « foulée » est au #10,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around foulée (IPA \fu.le\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,504 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for foulée, with forms such as "ffoulée", "foluée", and "foulee". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fumée", "fusée", "foute", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is foulée, spelled F-O-U-L-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Temps pendant lequel, dans la marche, le pied du cheval pose sur le sol.
  2. 2
    Enjambée de l’humain lors de la course à pied.

Synonyms

appui

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffoulée
  • foluée
  • foulee
  • fouleé
  • foullée
  • fouéle
  • fuolée
  • ofulée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foulée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffoulée1foluée2foulee1fouleé2foullée1fouéle2fuolée2ofulée2
Edit distance from "foulée"

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 "foulée"?
"foulée" is spelled F-O-U-L-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fu.le\.
What does "foulée" mean?
As a noun, "foulée" means: Temps pendant lequel, dans la marche, le pied du cheval pose sur le sol.
What words are commonly confused with "foulée"?
"foulée" is commonly confused with "fumée", "fusée", "foute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "foulée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foulée" is \fu.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foulée" come from?
"foulée" 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 "foulée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

folles#10,503famine#10,500efface#10,492Israel#10,522

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

devine8 variantsannuaire8 variantsrenvoi8 variantsabuser8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list