futur
\fy.tyʁ\
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
- fil
fil
98,738 corpus weight
- froid
froid
98,737 corpus weight
- frères
frères
98,736 corpus weight
- futur
futur
98,735 corpus weight
- lignes
lignes
98,733 corpus weight
- malade
malade
98,732 corpus weight
What this shows « futur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | futur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fy.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « futur »
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
- 1Qui concerne l’avenir ; qui se produira dans l’avenir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how futur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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).