fût
\fy\
The verdict
“fût” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,062 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,062
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bois sur lequel est monté le canon d’un fusil, d’une arquebuse, d’un pistolet, etc.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fût |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fy\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #7,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fût” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fût is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fy\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,062 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fût, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fûts", "futur", "phu", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fût, spelled F-Û-T.
Definition
- 1Bois sur lequel est monté le canon d’un fusil, d’une arquebuse, d’un pistolet, etc.
- 2Partie en bois d'un objet.
- 3Partie du tronc d’un arbre comprise entre le sol et les premiers rameaux.
- 4Tige de la colonne, partie qui est entre la base et le chapiteau.
- 5Colonne d’un candélabre ou d'un bougeoir.
- 6Trait vertical principal d’un caractère, aussi appelé hampe, haste ou montant.
- 7Tonneau où l’on met le vin ou un autre liquide.
- 8Partie de la queue faisant office de manche.
- 9Partie généralement cylindrique d'un tambour sur laquelle une ou deux peaux sont tendues
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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Using “fût”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-Û-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fy\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fûts” - see the side-by-side comparison. fût vs fûts
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.