foutre

\futʁ\

/\futʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“foutre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,867. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,867
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Baiser ; posséder sexuellement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-foutre · foutre · French

foutre · rank #1,867 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,867
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH ferait

Nearest frequency peer: ferait (-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 « foutre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « foutre » 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).

foutre vs foutu
67% similar
foutre vs future
67% similar
foutre vs foutue
83% similar

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

Key facts for foutre
PropertyValue
Headwordfoutre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\futʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,867
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « foutre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.foutrese 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 « ferait » (#1,866), « hasard » (#1,868), « excellent » (#1,865). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « foutre » est au #1,867. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around foutre (IPA \futʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,867 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for foutre, with forms such as "ffoutre", "foture", and "fourte". 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, "foutu", "future", "foutue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is foutre, spelled F-O-U-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Baiser ; posséder sexuellement.
  2. 2
    Faire.
  3. 3
    Placer ; mettre.
  4. 4
    Faire, travailler.
  5. 5
    / Accorder de l’importance à, prendre en considération (spécialement pour en souligner l’absence).
  6. 6
    / Se désintéresser ou être totalement indifférent de la chose ou personne en question.
  7. 7
    Se moquer de quelqu’un. → voir se foutre de la gueule.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle foutit saintement avec ce saint homme pendant deux ans et le mit au tombeau. Cependant, il la dota …
  2. Pourvu que je foutisse un jeune con, que m’importait ?… J’allai nu au lit ; je trouvai des tétons naissants, un conin qui tressaillait. Je dépucelai…

Synonyms

baiserfoutimacerfoutinerfoutraillerfoutrasserfoutrillerniquerse ficher dese sacrer de

This word in other languages

fuck(English)joder(Español)ficken(Deutsch)foder(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffoutre
  • foture
  • fourte
  • fouter
  • foutrre
  • fouttre
  • fuotre
  • ofutre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foutre - 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.

ffoutre1foture2fourte2fouter2foutrre1fouttre1fuotre2ofutre2
Edit distance from "foutre"

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 "foutre"?
"foutre" is spelled F-O-U-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \futʁ\.
What does "foutre" mean?
As a verb, "foutre" means: Baiser ; posséder sexuellement.
What words are commonly confused with "foutre"?
"foutre" is commonly confused with "foutu", "future", "foutue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "foutre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foutre" is \futʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foutre" come from?
"foutre" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ferait#1,866hasard#1,868dormir#1,861colère#1,857

Similar misspelling depth

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

jésus8 variantschefs8 variantspointe8 variantstotale8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list