fute

\fyt\

/\fyt\/ noun

The verdict

“fute” is uncommon French (frequency #88,655 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,655
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pantalon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fute · fute · French

fute · rank #88,655 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,655
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fustel

Nearest frequency peer: fustel (-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 « fute »

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 « fute » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fute
PropertyValue
Headwordfute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fyt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#88,655
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fute » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.futetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fustel » (#88,654), « férue » (#88,656), « fumerolles » (#88,652). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fute » est au #88,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fute is uncommon French at frequency #88,655 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fyt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pantalon.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fute, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fute, spelled F-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pantalon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a son T-shirt rentré dans son fute. Regarde. C'est le premier bâtard d’Overtown que je vois avec son T-shirt dans son fute depuis cinq ans, dix peut-être.
  2. Équipé d’un vieux fute, d’un gros sac et d’une veste.

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 "fute"?
"fute" is spelled F-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fyt\.
What does "fute" mean?
As a noun, "fute" means: Pantalon.
How do you pronounce "fute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fute" is \fyt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fute" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list