fourme

\fuʁm\

/\fuʁm\/ noun

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The verdict

“fourme” is uncommon French (frequency #81,175 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,175
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (vieilli) Fourme du Cantal uniquement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fourme · fourme · French

fourme · rank #81,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,175
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 137,178
  • PHOTO-FINISH fourgonnettes

Nearest frequency peer: fourgonnettes (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “fourme”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “fourme” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for fourme
PropertyValue
Headwordfourme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fuʁm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#81,175
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fourme” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). fourme lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fourme is uncommon French at frequency #81,175 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fuʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for fourme in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fourme, spelled F-O-U-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (vieilli) Fourme du Cantal uniquement.
  2. 2
    Fromage cylindrique de lait de vache à pâte pressée non cuite, jaune et ferme, à croûte grise, pesant 40 kilogrammes et principalement fabriqué dans les monts du Cantal, le mont Dore et l'Aubrac.
  3. 3
    Fromage cylindrique de lait de vache à pâte légèrement pressée non cuite, persillée de bleu et molle, à croûte blanche, pesant entre 2 et 2,5 kilogrammes et principalement fabriqué dans le Forez, en Basse-Auvergne et dans le Vivarais.
  4. 4
    (Par métonymie) Pièce de ces fromages.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fourme"?
"fourme" is spelled F-O-U-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fuʁm\.
What does "fourme" mean?
As a noun, "fourme" means: (vieilli) Fourme du Cantal uniquement.
How do you pronounce "fourme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fourme" is \fuʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fourme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fieffé#81,162giallo#81,195goblin#81,198ethics#81,138
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list