Which to use
“foudres” and “foulées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,217
- “foudres” frequency rank
- #46,180
- “foulées” frequency rank
- 69397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foudres | foulées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de foudre. | Traces légères que la bête laisse de son pied, en passant sur l’herbe ou sur les feuilles. |
Where the eye mixes foudres and foulées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. foudres (CVVCCVC) and foulées (CVVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: foudres vs foulées
A purely visual mix-up. foudres (\fudʁ\) and foulées (\fu.le\) 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 69397, 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\. foulées is at rank #46,180, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fu.le\.
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 69397, this pair ranks #55,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of foudres vs foulées
Shared letters: efosu. Private to "foudres": dr. Private to "foulées": lé.
"foudres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "foulées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- foudres ← ffoudres · fodures · fouddres · fouders · foudress · foudrres · foudrse · fourdes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foudres" and "foulées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "foudres" vs "foulées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "foudres" and "foulées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "foudres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foulées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foudres" and "foulées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouets 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 #55,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.