fumer
\fy.me\
The verdict
“fumer” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,336 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,336
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jeter de la fumée.
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 | fumer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fy.me\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fumer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fumer is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fy.me\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,336 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 generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fumer, with forms such as "ffumer", "fmuer", and "fuemr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "für", "fuse", "futur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fumer, spelled F-U-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Jeter de la fumée.
- 2Exhaler de la vapeur, en parlant d’un corps très chaud.
- 3Avoir de la colère, du dépit, de l’impatience, etc.
- 4Soumettre des viandes à l’action de la fumée plus ou moins longtemps, pour les sécher et les conserver.
- 5Forcer un animal dans son terrier qu’on remplit de fumée ; enfumer.
- 6Donner une teinte d’or à de l’argent, en l’exposant à la fumée de certaines substances.
- 7Faire brûler du tabac ou une autre substance, en aspirant par la bouche.
- 8Passer à tabac, frapper.
- 9Battre quelqu'un de manière très nette.
- 10Ruiner.
- 11Tuer avec une arme à feu.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffumer,fmuer,fuemr,fumerr,fummer,fumre,ufmer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fumer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “fumer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-U-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fy.me\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “für” - see the side-by-side comparison. fumer vs für
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.