fumeur

\fy.mœʁ\

/\fy.mœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“fumeur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,390
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui fume du tabac ou une autre substance psychoactive.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fumeur · fumeur · French

fumeur · rank #15,390 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,390
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frontale

Nearest frequency peer: frontale (-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 « fumeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fumeur » 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).

fumeur vs futur
67% similar
fumeur vs fumez
67% similar
fumeur vs fureur
83% similar

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

Key facts for fumeur
PropertyValue
Headwordfumeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fy.mœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,390
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fumeur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fumeurse 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 « frontale » (#15,389), « funéraire » (#15,391), « fresque » (#15,388). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fumeur » est au #15,390. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fumeur (IPA \fy.mœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,390 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 fumeur, with forms such as "ffumeur", "fmueur", and "fuemur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "futur", "fumez", "fureur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fumeur, spelled F-U-M-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui fume du tabac ou une autre substance psychoactive.
  2. 2
    Source hydrothermale sous-marine en forme de cheminée émettant des effluves.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aux abords de la Cristina, des bouts de corde soufrés et enroulés à des poteaux tiennent un feu toujours prêt à la disposition des fumeurs, de sorte que l’on est délivré de l’obsession des gamins porteurs d’un charbon qui vous poursuivent en criant : Fuego ! et qui rendent insupportable le Prado de Madrid.
  2. Les fumeurs du pays et les matelots du port se plaignaient fréquemment de la mauvaise qualité du tabac de régie.

This word in other languages

smoker(English)fumador(Español)Raucher(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffumeur
  • fmueur
  • fuemur
  • fumeru
  • fumeurr
  • fummeur
  • fumuer
  • ufmeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fumeur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffumeur1fmueur2fuemur2fumeru2fumeurr1fummeur1fumuer2ufmeur2
Edit distance from "fumeur"

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 "fumeur"?
"fumeur" is spelled F-U-M-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fy.mœʁ\.
What does "fumeur" mean?
As a noun, "fumeur" means: Personne qui fume du tabac ou une autre substance psychoactive.
What words are commonly confused with "fumeur"?
"fumeur" is commonly confused with "futur", "fumez", "fureur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fumeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fumeur" is \fy.mœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fumeur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list