fugue
\fyɡ\
The verdict
“fugue” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,869
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fuite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fugue · fugue · French
fugue · rank #22,869 · 6 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,869
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Friedrich
Nearest frequency peer: Friedrich (-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 « fugue »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- franches
franches
77,135 corpus weight
- freelance
freelance
77,134 corpus weight
- Friedrich
Friedrich
77,133 corpus weight
- fugue
fugue
77,132 corpus weight
- fumes
fumes
77,131 corpus weight
- fusions
fusions
77,130 corpus weight
What this shows « fugue » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fugue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fyɡ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fugue »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around fugue (IPA \fyɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,869 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fugue, with forms such as "ffugue", "fguue", and "fugeu". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "fume", "fuse", "futur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fugue, spelled F-U-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Fuite.
- 2Morceau de musique, ou passage d’un morceau de musique, dans lequel différentes parties se suivent, se succèdent et semblent fuir et se poursuivre tour à tour, en répétant le même sujet d’après des règles établies. On parle de sujet, contre-sujet, réponse, exposition, épisodes, reprises modulées, stretto et pédales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fugue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous dites que vous méditez une fugue dans mes déserts, et vous me proposez de quitter mes déserts pour le fracas de Paris !
On avait beau le corriger quand les voisins le ramenait en carriole, l'habitude de ces fugues était prise. […]. Si une semaine s'écoulait sans escapade, on le voyait s'ennuyer, dépérir et fureter dans le logis pour trouver une issue.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffugue
- fguue
- fugeu
- fuggue
- fuuge
- ufgue
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fugue - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).