futur

\fy.tyʁ\

/\fy.tyʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“futur” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,266
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne l’avenir ; qui se produira dans l’avenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-futur · futur · French

futur · rank #1,266 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,266
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH frères

Nearest frequency peer: frères (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « futur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « futur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

futur vs future
83% similar
futur vs futurs
83% similar
futur vs futures
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for futur
PropertyValue
Headwordfutur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fy.tyʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,266
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « futur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.futurse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « frères » (#1,265), « froid » (#1,264), « lignes » (#1,268). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « futur » est au #1,266. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around futur (IPA \fy.tyʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,266 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui concerne l’avenir ; qui se produira dans l’avenir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for futur, with forms such as "ffutur", "ftuur", and "futru". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "future", "futurs", "futures", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is futur, spelled F-U-T-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne l’avenir ; qui se produira dans l’avenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Charles de Bernage, spéculateur enrichi et futur candidat à la députation, n'avait jamais eu le temps de s'apercevoir qu'il lui manquait quelque chose.
  2. Le vieux professeur qui portait des verres fumés parlait du développement de la Chine future.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffutur
  • ftuur
  • futru
  • futtur
  • futurr
  • fuutr
  • uftur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of futur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffutur1ftuur2futru2futtur1futurr1fuutr2uftur2
Edit distance from "futur"

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 "futur"?
"futur" is spelled F-U-T-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fy.tyʁ\.
What does "futur" mean?
As an adjective, "futur" means: Qui concerne l’avenir ; qui se produira dans l’avenir.
What words are commonly confused with "futur"?
"futur" is commonly confused with "future", "futurs", "futures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "futur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "futur" is \fy.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "futur" come from?
"futur" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list