fucus
\fy.kys\
The verdict
“fucus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom scientifique du varech.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fucus · fucus · French
fucus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | fucus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fy.kys\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fucus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fucus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fy.kys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom scientifique du varech.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fucus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fucus, spelled F-U-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1Nom scientifique du varech.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fucus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thunherg présume que cette dernière en tire les matériaux d'espèces de fucus, notamment du fucus bursa, qui, suivant lui, est aussi gélatineux que la substance même des nids d'hirondelle.
Les îles grandissent peu à peu et s'entourent d'une large ceinture de roches tapissées de mousses noirâtres ou de longs fucus bruns qui pendent à leurs flancs.
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.