fuite

/\fɥit\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,879

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fuite is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de fuir. Pronounced \fɥit\. It ranks #2,879 in French word frequency. Often confused with fût and fume.

Key facts for fuite
PropertyValue
Headwordfuite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɥit\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,879
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fuite in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fuite is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɥit\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,879 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for fuite, with forms such as "ffuite", "fiute", and "fuiet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fût", "fume", "fûts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is fuite, spelled F-U-I-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de fuir.
  2. 2
    Action de fuir.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’un éloignement rapide.
  4. 4
    Délai, retard, échappatoire.
  5. 5
    Action par laquelle une personne cherche à éviter des poursuites judiciaires en ne se rendant pas disponible pour les autorités compétentes ou le tribunal.
  6. 6
    Fente par où un fluide s’échappe ou pénètre (vide).
  7. 7
    Divulgation d’une information ou d’une donnée ; indiscrétion.
  8. 8
    Perte d’informations dans une base de données. → voir fuite de données et fuite de mémoire
  9. 9
    Écart d’un oiseau.
  10. 10
    De belles fuites : De beaux lointains.
  11. 11
    Voies du cerf qui fuit, distance d’un élan à un autre.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffuite,fiute,fuiet,fuitte,futie,ufite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fuite

Misspelling Variants of "fuite"

ffuite6fiute5fuiet5fuitte6futie5ufite5
Misspelling Variants of "fuite"

Frequency rank: #2,879 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fuite"?
"fuite" is spelled F-U-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɥit\.
What does "fuite" mean?
As a noun, "fuite" means: Action de fuir.
What words are commonly confused with "fuite"?
"fuite" is commonly confused with "fût", "fume", "fûts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fuite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fuite" is \fɥit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fuite" come from?
"fuite" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.