fourrer

\fu.ʁe\

/\fu.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“fourrer” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,274
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Introduire, mettre dans.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fourrer · fourrer · French

fourrer · rank #22,274 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,274
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fougères

Nearest frequency peer: fougères (-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 « fourrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fourrer » 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).

fourrer vs foutre
71% similar
fourrer vs Führer
43% similar
fourrer vs fourrés
71% similar

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

Key facts for fourrer
PropertyValue
Headwordfourrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fu.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,274
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fourrer »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fougères » (#22,273), « foutait » (#22,275), « formaient » (#22,272). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fourrer » est au #22,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fourrer (IPA \fu.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,274 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fourrer, with forms such as "ffourrer", "forurer", and "fourer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foutre", "Führer", "fourrés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 fourrer, spelled F-O-U-R-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Introduire, mettre dans.
  2. 2
    Cacher.
  3. 3
    Mettre en prison.
  4. 4
    Donner avec excès et sans réflexion.
  5. 5
    Insérer hors de propos.
  6. 6
    Garnir, doubler de fourrure.
  7. 7
    Garnir l’intérieur d’un aliment avec un autre comestible.
  8. 8
    Avoir une relation sexuelle dénuée de sentiment.
  9. 9
    Doubler ; mettre une doublure, en parlant d’un cahier, d’un livre.
  10. 10
    Arnaquer, tromper.
  11. 11
    Avoir des rapports sexuels sans sentiments.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je fourre l’énorme pistolet dans mon froc et voilà le canon qui glisse dans mon slip. Je n'arrive pas, assis, à l’extirper.
  2. Soudain, le chat, Guillaume, surgissant de nulle part, qui bondit sur la table, qui vient lécher le sang du lapin. Combien de fois il lui a interdit, à cette satanée bestiole, de venir fourrer son sale museau dans la nourriture ?

Synonyms

sailliremmancher

This word in other languages

stick(English)meter(Español)einstecken(Deutsch)rechear(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffourrer
  • forurer
  • fourer
  • fourerr
  • fourrerr
  • fourrre
  • fuorrer
  • ofurrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fourrer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffourrer1forurer2fourer1fourerr2fourrerr1fourrre2fuorrer2ofurrer2
Edit distance from "fourrer"

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 "fourrer"?
"fourrer" is spelled F-O-U-R-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fu.ʁe\.
What does "fourrer" mean?
As a verb, "fourrer" means: Introduire, mettre dans.
What words are commonly confused with "fourrer"?
"fourrer" is commonly confused with "foutre", "Führer", "fourrés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fourrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fourrer" is \fu.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fourrer" come from?
"fourrer" 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 "fourrer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

foutait#22,275Erasmus#22,260effraie#22,251dégoûte#22,244

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

galant8 variantsJohanna8 variantsKirby8 variantsmaures8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list