Which to use
“feux” is a noun and “fout” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,756
- “feux” frequency rank
- #3,403
- “fout” frequency rank
- 7159
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feux | fout |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Feux tricolores. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de foutre. |
Letter map: feux vs fout
Shared letters muted; letters that set feux and fout apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for feux / fout
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feux is anoun and foutaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feux is recorded at frequency rank #3,756, classified as anoun, pronounced \fø\. fout is at rank #3,403, tagged as averb.
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 7159, this pair ranks #424,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of feux vs fout
Shared letters: fu. Private to "feux": ex. Private to "fout": ot.
"feux" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fout" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feux" and "fout" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "feux" or "fout"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "feux" and "fout".
- Full dictionary entry for "feux" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fout" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feux" and "fout" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs feux". 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 #424,027 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.