fusain
\fy.zɛ̃\
The verdict
“fusain” is uncommon French (frequency #50,231 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,231
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbrisseau ornemental, à feuilles elliptiques à ovales ou lancéolées et acuminées, aux fleurs à quatre pétales, et dont les fruits sont des capsules ressemblant à des baies, lobées, de couleur rose...
Corpus desk
Index FR-fusain · fusain · French
fusain · rank #50,231 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,231
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH férule
Nearest frequency peer: férule (+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 « fusain »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- frimaire
frimaire
49,773 corpus weight
- Fulton
Fulton
49,772 corpus weight
- fusain
fusain
49,770 corpus weight
- férule
férule
49,769 corpus weight
- Gaillon
Gaillon
49,768 corpus weight
- galèrent
galèrent
49,767 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fusain » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fusain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fy.zɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,231 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fusain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fusain is uncommon French at frequency #50,231 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fy.zɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fusain, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fusain, spelled F-U-S-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Arbrisseau ornemental, à feuilles elliptiques à ovales ou lancéolées et acuminées, aux fleurs à quatre pétales, et dont les fruits sont des capsules ressemblant à des baies, lobées, de couleur rose à rouge.
- 2Bois carbonisé de cette plante ou du saule, utilisé pour dessiner.
- 3Dessin fait avec ce bâtonnet.
- 4Type lithologique de charbon noir à l’éclat soyeux, à débris de bois à structure cellulaire conservée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fusain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout un coin d’ordures embarrassé de vieux seaux et de terrines fendues, où verdissait dans une marmite un maigre fusain.
Devant ma fenêtre s’élève un fusain aux rameaux nombreux, égayés de fruits rouges.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).