fourragères

\fu.ʁa.ʒɛʁ\

/\fu.ʁa.ʒɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“fourragères” is uncommon French (frequency #65,954 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,954
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de fourrager.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fourrageres · fourragères · French

fourragères · rank #65,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,954
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH forgeant

Nearest frequency peer: forgeant (-2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « fourragères »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fourragères » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fourragères
PropertyValue
Headwordfourragères
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fu.ʁa.ʒɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#65,954
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fourragères » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fourragèrestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « forgeant » (#65,952), « folichon » (#65,951), « Francoeur » (#65,957). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fourragères » est au #65,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fourragères is uncommon French at frequency #65,954 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fu.ʁa.ʒɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de fourrager.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fourragères, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fourragères, spelled F-O-U-R-R-A-G-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de fourrager.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans tous les cas il s’agit d’une botanique appliquée, telle que la malherbologie ou la connaissance des espèces fourragères, de grandes cultures ou de boisements.

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 "fourragères"?
"fourragères" is spelled F-O-U-R-R-A-G-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fu.ʁa.ʒɛʁ\.
What does "fourragères" mean?
As an adjective, "fourragères" means: Féminin pluriel de fourrager.
How do you pronounce "fourragères"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fourragères" is \fu.ʁa.ʒɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list