fourmille

Name: fourmille, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\fuʁ.mij\

/\fuʁ.mij\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“fourmille” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,181. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,181
frequency rank, French: 3,276
“F” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fourmiller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fourmille · fourmille · French

fourmille · rank #46,181 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #46,181
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 3,276
PHOTO-FINISH foulées

Nearest frequency peer: foulées (-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.

fontes

53,823
fortis

53,822
foulées

53,821
fourmille

53,820
frauduleuse…

53,819
Fredericton

53,818

What this shows « fourmille » 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).

fourmille vs fouille

78% similar

fourmille vs formelle

78% similar

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

Key facts for fourmille
Property	Value
Headword	fourmille
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\fuʁ.mij\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#46,181
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fourmille »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fourmillese place ici:

#46,181

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « foulées » (#46,180), « frauduleusement » (#46,182), « fortis » (#46,179). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fourmille » est au #46,181. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fourmille (IPA \fuʁ.mij\), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,181 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fourmille, with forms such as "ffourmille", "forumille", and "foumrille". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fouille", "formelle", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fourmille, spelled F-O-U-R-M-I-L-L-E.

Definition

1
Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fourmiller.
2
Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fourmiller.
3
Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de fourmiller.
4
Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de fourmiller.
5
Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de fourmiller.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ffourmille
forumille
foumrille
fourimlle
fourmile
fourmilel
fourmlile
fourmmille
fourrmille
fuormille
ofurmille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fourmille - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "fourmille"

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 "fourmille"?

"fourmille" is spelled F-O-U-R-M-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fuʁ.mij\.

What does "fourmille" mean?

As a verb, "fourmille" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fourmiller.

What words are commonly confused with "fourmille"?

"fourmille" is commonly confused with "fouille", "formelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "fourmille"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fourmille" is \fuʁ.mij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "fourmille" come from?

"fourmille" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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