Which to use
“fouiner” and “fournir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,539
- “fouiner” frequency rank
- #2,477
- “fournir” frequency rank
- 51016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fouiner | fournir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | S’esquiver à la façon d’une fouine. | Pourvoir ; approvisionner. |
Where the eye mixes fouiner and fournir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fouiner (CVVVCVC) and fournir (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between fouiner and fournir
A purely visual mix-up. fouiner (\fwi.ne\) and fournir (\fuʁ.niʁ\) 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 51016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fouiner is recorded at frequency rank #48,539, classified as averb, pronounced \fwi.ne\. fournir is at rank #2,477, tagged as averb, pronounced \fuʁ.niʁ\.
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 51016, this pair ranks #158,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fouiner vs fournir
Shared letters: finoru. Private to "fouiner": e. Private to "fournir": -.
"fouiner" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC · "fournir" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fouiner" and "fournir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fouiner" vs "fournir" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fouiner" and "fournir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fouiner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fournir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #158,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fouiner" and "fournir" 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 #158,220 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.