Which to use
“foulées” and “foules” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,180
- “foulées” frequency rank
- #13,599
- “foules” frequency rank
- 59779
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foulées | foules |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Traces légères que la bête laisse de son pied, en passant sur l’herbe ou sur les feuilles. | Pluriel de foule. |
Where the eye mixes foulées and foules
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. foulées runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against foules's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses foulées with foules
A purely visual mix-up. foulées (\fu.le\) and foules (\ful\) 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 59779, 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\. foules is at rank #13,599, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ful\.
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 59779, this pair ranks #101,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of foulées vs foules
Shared letters: eflosu. Private to "foulées": é. Private to "foules": -.
"foulées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "foules" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- foules ← ffoules · folues · fouels · fouless · foulles · foulse · fuoles · ofules
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foulées" and "foules" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "foulées" or "foules" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "foulées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foules" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foulées" and "foules" 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 #101,224 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.