fourvoiement
\fuʁ.vwa.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“fourvoiement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erreur de celui qui s’égare de son chemin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fourvoiement · fourvoiement · French
fourvoiement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | fourvoiement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fuʁ.vwa.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fourvoiement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fourvoiement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fuʁ.vwa.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fourvoiement in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 fourvoiement, spelled F-O-U-R-V-O-I-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Erreur de celui qui s’égare de son chemin.
- 2Erreur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fourvoiement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les colis ne doivent porter aucune marque d'un transport antérieur, effectué par la poste ou par le chemin de fer. Si cette condition n'est pas remplie et qu'il en résulte un fourvoiement de la marchandise, le chemin de fer n'est pas responsable du dommage provenant de ce fourvoiement.
— La malade mourut, l'on vit avec étonnement sur le cadavre, que le pubis droit, avoit été coupé : sa portion retranchée, qui avoit trois ou quatre lignes d'épaisseur, étoit restée symphysée avec le pubis gauche. Ce fourvoiement , provenoit de la déviation de la symphyse elle-même , qui se portoit plus à gauche qu'à droite, de sorte qu'elle n'occupoit pas…
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.