Which to use
“foulée” and “fournée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,504
- “foulée” frequency rank
- #36,849
- “fournée” frequency rank
- 47353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foulée | fournée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Temps pendant lequel, dans la marche, le pied du cheval pose sur le sol. | Quantité de pain qu’on fait cuire ou qu’on peut faire cuire à la fois dans un four. |
Where the eye mixes foulée and fournée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. foulée runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against fournée's 7 (CVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: foulée vs fournée
A purely visual mix-up. foulée (\fu.le\) 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 47353, 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\. 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 47353, this pair ranks #187,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foulée vs fournée
Shared letters: efoué. Private to "foulée": l. Private to "fournée": nr.
"foulée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "fournée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foulée" and "fournée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "foulée" or "fournée"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "foulée" 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 #187,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foulée" and "fournée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouiner vs fournée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #187,652 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.