Which to use
“foulées” is a noun and “fouler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,180
- “foulées” frequency rank
- #29,779
- “fouler” frequency rank
- 75959
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foulées | fouler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Traces légères que la bête laisse de son pied, en passant sur l’herbe ou sur les feuilles. | Presser quelque chose qui cède, avec les pieds, les mains ou à l’aide d’un mécanisme. |
Same sound, different letters: foulées vs fouler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. foulées runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against fouler's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - foulées / fouler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: foulées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foulées is recorded at frequency rank #46,180, 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 75959, this pair ranks #32,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of foulées vs fouler
Shared letters: eflou. Private to "foulées": sé. Private to "fouler": r.
"foulées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "fouler" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fouler ← ffouler · foluer · fouelr · foulerr · fouller · foulre · fuoler · ofuler
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "foulées" for "fouler" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"foulées" and "fouler" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "foulées" 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 #32,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foulées" and "fouler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouets vs foulées". 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 #32,488 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.