furoncle

\fy.ʁɔ̃kl\

/\fy.ʁɔ̃kl\/ noun

The verdict

“furoncle” is uncommon French (frequency #79,338 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,338
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infection bactérienne suppurative du follicule pileux, due en général au staphylocoque doré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-furoncle · furoncle · French

furoncle · rank #79,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,338
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fucks

Nearest frequency peer: fucks (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « furoncle »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « furoncle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for furoncle
PropertyValue
Headwordfuroncle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fy.ʁɔ̃kl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#79,338
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « furoncle » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).furoncletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fucks » (#79,337), « gaffeur » (#79,339), « fromm » (#79,336). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « furoncle » est au #79,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

furoncle is uncommon French at frequency #79,338 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fy.ʁɔ̃kl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

furoncle has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is furoncle, spelled F-U-R-O-N-C-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Infection bactérienne suppurative du follicule pileux, due en général au staphylocoque doré.
  2. 2
    Personne douteuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il lui est venu un furoncle à l’aisselle, au dos.
  2. La réunion de plusieurs furoncles se nomme un anthrax.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "furoncle"?
"furoncle" is spelled F-U-R-O-N-C-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fy.ʁɔ̃kl\.
What does "furoncle" mean?
As a noun, "furoncle" means: Infection bactérienne suppurative du follicule pileux, due en général au staphylocoque doré.
How do you pronounce "furoncle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "furoncle" is \fy.ʁɔ̃kl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "furoncle" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list