Which to use
“foulée” is a noun and “fouler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,504
- “foulée” frequency rank
- #29,779
- “fouler” frequency rank
- 40283
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foulée | fouler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Temps pendant lequel, dans la marche, le pied du cheval pose sur le sol. | Presser quelque chose qui cède, avec les pieds, les mains ou à l’aide d’un mécanisme. |
Same sound, different letters: foulée vs fouler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. foulée (CVVCVV) and fouler (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: foulée vs fouler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: foulée and fouler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fu.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foulée is recorded at frequency rank #10,504, classified as anoun, pronounced \fu.le\. fouler is at rank #29,779, tagged as averb, 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 40283, this pair ranks #241,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foulée vs fouler
Shared letters: eflou. Private to "foulée": é. Private to "fouler": r.
"foulée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "fouler" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fouler ← ffouler · foluer · fouelr · foulerr · fouller · foulre · fuoler · ofuler
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foulée" and "fouler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "foulée" or "fouler"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "foulée" / "fouler". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "foulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fouler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foulée" and "fouler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouiner vs fouler". 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 #241,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.