Which to use
“fouine” and “fournée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,730
- “fouine” frequency rank
- #36,849
- “fournée” frequency rank
- 63579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fouine | fournée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espèce de mammifère carnassier, de la famille des mustélidés (cf. martre, furet, putois) au corps mince et au museau allongé. | Quantité de pain qu’on fait cuire ou qu’on peut faire cuire à la fois dans un four. |
Where the eye mixes fouine and fournée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fouine runs 6 letters (CVVVCV) against fournée's 7 (CVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses fouine with fournée
A purely visual mix-up. fouine (\fwin\) and fournée (\fuʁ.ne\) 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 63579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fouine is recorded at frequency rank #26,730, classified as anoun, pronounced \fwin\. fournée is at rank #36,849, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fuʁ.ne\.
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 63579, this pair ranks #81,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fouine vs fournée
Shared letters: efnou. Private to "fouine": i. Private to "fournée": ré.
"fouine" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "fournée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fouine ← ffouine · foiune · fouien · fouinne · founie · fuoine · ofuine
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fouine" and "fournée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "fouine" or "fournée" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fouine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fournée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fouine" and "fournée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouiner vs fournée". 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 #81,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.