four
\ˈfoa\
The verdict
“four” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,150. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,150
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour le chiffre 4.
Corpus desk
Index FR-four · four · French
four · rank #4,150 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,150
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH forment
Nearest frequency peer: forment (-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 « four »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- exact
exact
95,854 corpus weight
- exécutif
exécutif
95,853 corpus weight
- forment
forment
95,852 corpus weight
- four
four
95,851 corpus weight
- fourni
fourni
95,850 corpus weight
- foutu
foutu
95,849 corpus weight
What this shows « four » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | four |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfoa\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « four »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around four (IPA \ˈfoa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,150 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour le chiffre 4.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for four, with forms such as "ffour", "foru", and "fourr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fun", "fût", "fox", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is four, spelled F-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1(radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour le chiffre 4.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffour
- foru
- fourr
- fuor
- ofur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of four - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "four", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).