fureur

/\fy.ʁœʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,164

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

fureur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Égarement d’esprit qui tient de la rage et de la frénésie. Pronounced \fy.ʁœʁ\. Often confused with futur and furieux.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fureur is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fy.ʁœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,164 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for fureur, with forms such as "ffureur", "frueur", and "fuerur". 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 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 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 fureur, spelled F-U-R-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffureur,frueur,fuerur,fureru,fureurr,furreur,furuer,ufreur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fureur

Misspelling Variants of "fureur"

ffureur7frueur6fuerur6fureru6fureurr7furreur7furuer6ufreur6
Misspelling Variants of "fureur"

Frequency rank: #12,164 in French

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 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.