foulent

\ful\

/\ful\/ verb

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The verdict

“foulent” is uncommon French (frequency #80,228 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,228
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de fouler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-foulent · foulent · French

foulent · rank #80,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,228
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH forgotten

Nearest frequency peer: forgotten (-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 « foulent »

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 « foulent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for foulent
PropertyValue
Headwordfoulent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ful\
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,228
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « foulent » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « forgotten » (#80,227), « fountain » (#80,229), « forbidden » (#80,226). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « foulent » est au #80,228. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

foulent is uncommon French at frequency #80,228 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ful\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for foulent in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is foulent, spelled F-O-U-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de fouler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de fouler.

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 "foulent"?
"foulent" is spelled F-O-U-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ful\.
What does "foulent" mean?
As a verb, "foulent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de fouler.
How do you pronounce "foulent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foulent" is \ful\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foulent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frelaté#80,233Floirac#80,219ferrera#80,204fendues#80,202

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list