fuyant
The verdict
“fuyant” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,888 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #15,888
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui va en arrière.
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 | fuyant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fuyant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fuyant is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #15,888 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fuyant, with forms such as "ffuyant", "fuaynt", and "fuyannt". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "furent", "fixant", "fuient", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fuyant, spelled F-U-Y-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui va en arrière.
- 2Tout ce qui, comparé à un autre objet, paraît s’enfoncer dans le tableau.
- 3Qualifie l'échelle qu’on trace pour trouver la diminution des objets, relativement à leur enfoncement.
- 4Qui se dérobe aux déclarations franches.
- 5Qualifie un regard très mobile mais jamais dirigé sur l’interlocuteur.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffuyant,fuaynt,fuyannt,fuyantt,fuyatn,fuynat,fuyyant,fyuant,ufyant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fuyant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “fuyant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-U-Y-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “furent” - see the side-by-side comparison. fuyant vs furent
- 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.