fureur

\fy.ʁœʁ\

/\fy.ʁœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“fureur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,164
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Égarement d’esprit qui tient de la rage et de la frénésie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fureur · fureur · French

fureur · rank #12,164 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,164
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fuites

Nearest frequency peer: fuites (-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 « fureur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fureur » 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).

fureur vs futur
67% similar
fureur vs furieux
71% similar
fureur vs fleur
67% similar

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

Key facts for fureur
PropertyValue
Headwordfureur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fy.ʁœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,164
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fureur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fureurse 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 « fuites » (#12,163), « garant » (#12,165), « fourmis » (#12,162). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fureur » est au #12,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fureur (IPA \fy.ʁœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,164 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fureur, with forms such as "ffureur", "frueur", and "fuerur". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "futur", "furieux", "fleur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fureur, spelled F-U-R-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Égarement d’esprit qui tient de la rage et de la frénésie.
  2. 2
    Extrême colère.
  3. 3
    Colère de Dieu.
  4. 4
    Émotion et agitation violente qui s’empare d’un animal.
  5. 5
    Agitation violente de certaines choses.
  6. 6
    Habitude importune, nuisible, etc., que quelqu’un a de faire une certaine chose.
  7. 7
    Transport qui élève l’esprit au-dessus de lui-même et qui fait faire ou dire des choses extraordinaires.
  8. 8
    Passion excessive, démesurée pour une personne ou pour une chose.
  9. 9
    Transports frénétiques, emportement, excès auxquels on se livre dans la fureur, dans la colère, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est devenu fou, et de temps en temps il lui prend des accès de fureur.
  2. Personne n’ose l’approcher lorsque la fureur le prend.

This word in other languages

furor(English)furor(Español)Toben(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffureur
  • frueur
  • fuerur
  • fureru
  • fureurr
  • furreur
  • furuer
  • ufreur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffureur1frueur2fuerur2fureru2fureurr1furreur1furuer2ufreur2
Edit distance from "fureur"

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 "fureur"?
"fureur" is spelled F-U-R-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fy.ʁœʁ\.
What does "fureur" mean?
As a noun, "fureur" means: Égarement d’esprit qui tient de la rage et de la frénésie.
What words are commonly confused with "fureur"?
"fureur" is commonly confused with "futur", "furieux", "fleur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fureur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fureur" is \fy.ʁœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fureur" come from?
"fureur" 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 "fureur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

fuites#12,163garant#12,165habile#12,172hétéro#12,175

Similar misspelling depth

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

Gênes8 variantsinduit8 variantsclans8 variantsparois8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list