fuzz

\fʌz\

/\fʌz\/ noun

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The verdict

“fuzz” is uncommon French (frequency #75,715 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,715
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Duvet, généralement de poils.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fuzz · fuzz · French

fuzz · rank #75,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,715
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fuyants

Nearest frequency peer: fuyants (-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 « fuzz »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fuzz
PropertyValue
Headwordfuzz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʌz\
Letters4
Frequency rank#75,715
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fuzz » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fuzztombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fuyants » (#75,714), « Gabart » (#75,716), « fue » (#75,713). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fuzz » est au #75,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fuzz is uncommon French at frequency #75,715 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʌz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

fuzz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fuzz, spelled F-U-Z-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Duvet, généralement de poils.
  2. 2
    Flou, image floue.
  3. 3
    La police.
  4. 4
    Données modifiées aléatoirement pour tester un programme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. His cheeks were like peaches, with much the same sort of fuzz over them.
  2. …scientific advances happen more often at the frontier of representation, at the edge of resolution where an image dissolves into fuzz and blur.

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 "fuzz"?
"fuzz" is spelled F-U-Z-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \fʌz\.
What does "fuzz" mean?
As a noun, "fuzz" means: Duvet, généralement de poils.
How do you pronounce "fuzz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fuzz" is \fʌz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fuzz" come from?
"fuzz" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gnan#75,732goon#75,733Guin#75,738innu#75,787

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list