futaine
\fy.tɛn\
The verdict
“futaine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étoffe à armure type toile ou sergé, dont la trame est en coton et la chaîne en lin ou en soie et dont l'un des côtés a subi un léger lainage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-futaine · futaine · French
futaine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | futaine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fy.tɛn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « futaine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
futaine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fy.tɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étoffe à armure type toile ou sergé, dont la trame est en coton et la chaîne en lin ou en soie et dont l'un des côtés a subi un léger lainage.".
Zero misspellings are on record for futaine in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is futaine, spelled F-U-T-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Étoffe à armure type toile ou sergé, dont la trame est en coton et la chaîne en lin ou en soie et dont l'un des côtés a subi un léger lainage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how futaine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un torse enveloppé d’un surtout de futaine avec une fourrure dont on voyait moins de poil que de cuir.
Je m’aperçus en m’habillant que je possédais pour tout vêtement une culotte courte en futaine et un gilet rouge à grandes basques, défroques théâtrales que j’avais sur moi au moment de l’enlèvement.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.