fourmilier
\fuʁ.mi.lje\
The verdict
“fourmilier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mammifère de l’ordre des Pilosa, sous-ordre des Vermilingua, qui se nourrit d’insectes et surtout de fourmis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fourmilier · fourmilier · French
fourmilier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fourmilier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fuʁ.mi.lje\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fourmilier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fuʁ.mi.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fourmilier in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 fourmilier, spelled F-O-U-R-M-I-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mammifère de l’ordre des Pilosa, sous-ordre des Vermilingua, qui se nourrit d’insectes et surtout de fourmis.
- 2Fourmilier marsupial : nom vernaculaire du myrmécobie à bandes (Myrmecobius fasciatus) ou numbat.
- 3Nom vernaculaire de certains oiseaux de la famille des Formicariidae (ou formicariidés) vivant dans les forêts d’Amérique tropicale. → voir tétéma
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fourmilier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les fourmiliers rassemblent quatre espèces distinctes appelés aussi tamanoirs ou tamanduas.
Comprendre le monde pour un homme, c'est le réduire à l'humain, le marquer de son sceau. L'univers du chat n'est pas l'univers du fourmilier. Le truisme « Toute pensée est anthropomorphique » n'a pas d'autre sens.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.