Which to use
“foudres” and “fougères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,217
- “foudres” frequency rank
- #22,273
- “fougères” frequency rank
- 45490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foudres | fougères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de foudre. | Pluriel de fougère. |
Where the eye mixes foudres and fougères
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. foudres runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against fougères's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: foudres vs fougères
A purely visual mix-up. foudres (\fudʁ\) and fougères (\fu.ʒɛʁ\) 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 45490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foudres is recorded at frequency rank #23,217, classified as anoun, pronounced \fudʁ\. fougères is at rank #22,273, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fu.ʒɛʁ\.
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 45490, this pair ranks #202,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foudres vs fougères
Shared letters: eforsu. Private to "foudres": d. Private to "fougères": gè.
"foudres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "fougères" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- foudres ← ffoudres · fodures · fouddres · fouders · foudress · foudrres · foudrse · fourdes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foudres" and "fougères" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "foudres" or "fougères"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "foudres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fougères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foudres" and "fougères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foudres vs foulées". 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 #202,359 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.