foutriquet
\fu.tʁi.kɛ\
The verdict
“foutriquet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit homme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foutriquet · foutriquet · French
foutriquet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | foutriquet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fu.tʁi.kɛ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « foutriquet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
foutriquet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fu.tʁi.kɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit homme.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for foutriquet, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is foutriquet, spelled F-O-U-T-R-I-Q-U-E-T.
Definition
- 1Petit homme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foutriquet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Messieurs les foutriquets aristocrates à culottes serrées, à grosses cravates, à petites cocardes, […] n’agacez pas le dogue patriote.
Vous êtes laid, vous êtes ridicule, et le reste. Et l’on sait dans toute la ville que vous n’êtes qu’un foutriquet… oui, un foutriquet… Ce terme, qu’elle n’avait jamais entendu que dans la bouche du Pouilly du Dictionnaire, mort depuis plus de vingt ans, lui était revenu subitement et merveilleusement à l’esprit. Elle ne lui attribuait aucun sens précis.…
Synonyms
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.