Which to use
“formait” and “foutait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,865
- “formait” frequency rank
- #22,275
- “foutait” frequency rank
- 45140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | formait | foutait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de former. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de foutre. |
Where the eye mixes formait and foutait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: formait vs foutait
A purely visual mix-up. formait (\fɔʁ.mɛ\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
formait is recorded at frequency rank #22,865, classified as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.mɛ\. 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 45140, this pair ranks #205,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of formait vs foutait
Shared letters: afiot. Private to "formait": mr. Private to "foutait": u.
"formait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "foutait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "formait" and "foutait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "formait" or "foutait"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "formait" and "foutait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "formait" 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 #205,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "formait" and "foutait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "formait vs formaté". 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 #205,078 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.