Which to use
“flottait” and “foutait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,768
- “flottait” frequency rank
- #22,275
- “foutait” frequency rank
- 63043
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flottait | foutait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de flotter. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de foutre. |
Where the eye mixes flottait and foutait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. flottait runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against foutait's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between flottait and foutait
A purely visual mix-up. flottait (\flo.tɛ\) and foutait (\fu.tɛ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63043, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flottait is recorded at frequency rank #40,768, classified as averb, pronounced \flo.tɛ\. foutait is at rank #22,275, tagged as averb, pronounced \fu.tɛ\.
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 63043, this pair ranks #83,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flottait vs foutait
Shared letters: afiot. Private to "flottait": l. Private to "foutait": u.
"flottait" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "foutait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flottait" for "foutait" ever safe?
Which is more common, "flottait" or "foutait"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "flottait" and "foutait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flottait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foutait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flottait" and "foutait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flottait vs frottant". 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 #83,977 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.