fuie
\fɥi\
The verdict
“fuie” is uncommon French (frequency #70,664 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,664
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de petit colombier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fuie · fuie · French
fuie · rank #70,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,664
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fugitives
Nearest frequency peer: fugitives (-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 « fuie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Friedland
Friedland
29,341 corpus weight
- frottait
frottait
29,340 corpus weight
- fugitives
fugitives
29,338 corpus weight
- fuie
fuie
29,337 corpus weight
- fédérée
fédérée
29,336 corpus weight
- féodalisme
féodalisme
29,335 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fuie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fuie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɥi\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #70,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fuie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fuie is uncommon French at frequency #70,664 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de petit colombier.".
fuie has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fuie, spelled F-U-I-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de petit colombier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fuie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fuie. C’eſt une petite volière qu’on ferme avec un volet, & où on nourrit des pigeons domeſtiques en petit nombre : on a apellé auſſi fuie, un colombier qui n’a point de couverture. Mais dans la Coûtume de Tours, art. 37, le mot de fuie, ſignifie, ſelon Palu, un colombier à pié avec boulins, juſques au rez-de-chauſſée : il dérive le mot à fodiendo.
La coutume de Tours ne donne au ſeigneur féodal que le droit d’avoir une fuie ou volière à pigeons (1). Suivant celle du Roulonois, le ſeigneur féodal peut avoir un Colombier ; mais cette Coutume n’explique pas ſi c’eſt à pied ou autrement (2).
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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