Which to use
“faure” and “faute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,877
- “faure” frequency rank
- #874
- “faute” frequency rank
- 16751
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faure | faute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forgeron. | Manquement plus ou moins grave à un devoir, à une loi, à une règle, à un usage, à une convenance. |
Where the eye mixes faure and faute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between faure and faute
A purely visual mix-up. faure (\ˈfawre\) and faute (\fot\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “faure” becomes t in “faute”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faure is recorded at frequency rank #15,877, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈfawre\. faute is at rank #874, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fot\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 16751, this pair ranks #386,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of faure vs faute
Shared letters: aefu. Private to "faure": r. Private to "faute": t.
"faure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "faute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "faure" for "faute" ever safe?
Frequency check: "faure" vs "faute" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "faure" and "faute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "faure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faure" and "faute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fange vs faure". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #386,432 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.