fuient

\fɥi\

/\fɥi\/ verb

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The verdict

“fuient” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,886. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,886
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de fuir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fuient · fuient · French

fuient · rank #15,886 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,886
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frissons

Nearest frequency peer: frissons (-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 « fuient »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fuient » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fuient vs fuit
67% similar
fuient vs furet
67% similar
fuient vs furent
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fuient
PropertyValue
Headwordfuient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɥi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,886
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fuient »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fuientse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « frissons » (#15,885), « fusées » (#15,887), « fuyant » (#15,888). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fuient » est au #15,886. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fuient (IPA \fɥi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,886 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fuient, with forms such as "ffuient", "fiuent", and "fueint". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "fuit", "furet", "furent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fuient, spelled F-U-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de fuir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de fuir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fuient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ces habitants du Haut-Karabakh fuient la zone après l’offensive de l’Azerbaïdjan, mardi dernier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffuient
  • fiuent
  • fueint
  • fuiennt
  • fuientt
  • fuietn
  • fuinet
  • ufient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fuient - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffuient1fiuent2fueint2fuiennt1fuientt1fuietn2fuinet2ufient2
Edit distance from "fuient"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fuient"?
"fuient" is spelled F-U-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fɥi\.
What does "fuient" mean?
As a verb, "fuient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de fuir.
What words are commonly confused with "fuient"?
"fuient" is commonly confused with "fuit", "furet", "furent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fuient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fuient" is \fɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fuient" come from?
"fuient" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fuient", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fusées#15,887fuyant#15,888Gérald#15,897envole#15,873

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

flots8 variantsgâche8 variantsgérés8 variantscroate8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list