Which to use
“fouine” and “fuite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,730
- “fouine” frequency rank
- #2,879
- “fuite” frequency rank
- 29609
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fouine | fuite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espèce de mammifère carnassier, de la famille des mustélidés (cf. martre, furet, putois) au corps mince et au museau allongé. | Action de fuir. |
Where the eye mixes fouine and fuite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fouine vs fuite
A purely visual mix-up. fouine (\fwin\) and fuite (\fɥit\) 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 29609, 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\. fuite is at rank #2,879, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɥit\.
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 29609, this pair ranks #315,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fouine vs fuite
Shared letters: efiu. Private to "fouine": no. Private to "fuite": t.
"fouine" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "fuite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fouine" for "fuite" ever safe?
Which is more common, "fouine" or "fuite"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fouine" and "fuite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fouine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fuite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fouine" and "fuite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouine vs fouiner". 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 #315,606 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.