Fugain
\fy.gɛ̃\
The verdict
“Fugain” is uncommon French (frequency #89,741 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,741
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fugain · Fugain · French
Fugain · rank #89,741 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,741
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fumiste
Nearest frequency peer: fumiste (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Fugain »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Fratres
Fratres
10,264 corpus weight
- Fraysse
Fraysse
10,263 corpus weight
- Fugain
Fugain
10,260 corpus weight
- fumiste
fumiste
10,259 corpus weight
- fémurs
fémurs
10,258 corpus weight
- gables
gables
10,257 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Fugain » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fugain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fy.gɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Fugain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Fugain is uncommon French at frequency #89,741 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fy.gɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Fugain in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Fugain, spelled F-U-G-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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.
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