fugues
\fyɡ\
The verdict
“fugues” is uncommon French (frequency #52,077 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,077
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fugue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fugues · fugues · French
fugues · rank #52,077 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,077
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH furax
Nearest frequency peer: furax (+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 « fugues »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- foireuse
foireuse
47,927 corpus weight
- frai
frai
47,926 corpus weight
- fugues
fugues
47,924 corpus weight
- furax
furax
47,923 corpus weight
- gam
gam
47,922 corpus weight
- Gantois
Gantois
47,921 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fugues » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fugues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fyɡ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fugues » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fugues is uncommon French at frequency #52,077 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fyɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de fugue.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fugues, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fugues, spelled F-U-G-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de fugue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fugues appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On avait beau le corriger quand les voisins le ramenaient en carriole, l’habitude de ces fugues était prise.
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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