fourmis

\fuʁ.mi\

/\fuʁ.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“fourmis” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,162
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fourmi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fourmis · fourmis · French

fourmis · rank #12,162 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,162
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH forfaits

Nearest frequency peer: forfaits (-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 « fourmis »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fourmis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fourmis vs fours
71% similar
fourmis vs fourni
71% similar
fourmis vs fournir
71% similar

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

Key facts for fourmis
PropertyValue
Headwordfourmis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fuʁ.mi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,162
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fourmis »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fourmisse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « forfaits » (#12,161), « fuites » (#12,163), « FMI » (#12,160). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fourmis » est au #12,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around fourmis (IPA \fuʁ.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,162 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fourmis, with forms such as "ffourmis", "forumis", and "foumris". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "fours", "fourni", "fournir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fourmis, spelled F-O-U-R-M-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de fourmi.
  2. 2
    Fourmillements, picotements.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fourmis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À l’heure du temps libre, Dentblanche faisait cramper de rire les fourmis avec d’autres devinettes.
  2. Le père, à force de se contraindre à l’immobilité, sentait les fourmis gagner sa jambe droite.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffourmis
  • forumis
  • foumris
  • fourims
  • fourmiss
  • fourmmis
  • fourmsi
  • fourrmis
  • fuormis
  • ofurmis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fourmis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffourmis1forumis2foumris2fourims2fourmiss1fourmmis1fourmsi2fourrmis1
Edit distance from "fourmis"

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 "fourmis"?
"fourmis" is spelled F-O-U-R-M-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fuʁ.mi\.
What does "fourmis" mean?
As a noun, "fourmis" means: Pluriel de fourmi.
What words are commonly confused with "fourmis"?
"fourmis" is commonly confused with "fours", "fourni", "fournir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fourmis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fourmis" is \fuʁ.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fourmis" come from?
"fourmis" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list