foyard
\fwa.jaʁ\
The verdict
“foyard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de fayard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foyard · foyard · French
foyard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | foyard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fwa.jaʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « foyard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
foyard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fwa.jaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de fayard.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for foyard in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is foyard, spelled F-O-Y-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Variante de fayard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foyard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il resta un long moment adossé à un gros foyard, le regard fatigué à force de chercher sa femme dans ce grouillement d’ombre et de lumière.
N’ayez crainte, le feu ronflait car je savais le bois qu’il fallait choisir. Le frêne et l’acacia pour faire de la flamme, le chêne et le foyard pour faire de la braise, le vieux nerprun et l’épine blanche pour durer.
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.