fusse
\fys\
The verdict
“fusse” is uncommon French (frequency #64,466 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,466
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du subjonctif de être.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fusse · fusse · French
fusse · rank #64,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,466
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fumante
Nearest frequency peer: fumante (-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 « fusse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- frimousse
frimousse
35,539 corpus weight
- frugal
frugal
35,538 corpus weight
- fruitée
fruitée
35,537 corpus weight
- fumante
fumante
35,536 corpus weight
- fusse
fusse
35,535 corpus weight
- garbage
garbage
35,531 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fusse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fusse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fys\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fusse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fusse is uncommon French at frequency #64,466 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du subjonctif de être.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fusse, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 fusse, spelled F-U-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du subjonctif de être.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fusse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Ah ! que mieux eût valu que je fusse tué et victime au lieu de meurtrier ! »
Puisqu’il existe une responsabilité d’outre-tombe, faites-nous connaître sa forme. Irons-nous en paradis, en enfer, en purgatoire, ou éprouverons-nous quelqu’une des transformations avilissantes ou glorifiantes dont il est parlé dans d’autres religions ? Pour connaître la forme de la responsabilité d’outre-tombe, il faudrait que je reconnusse les formes o…
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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