Which to use
“fouler” and “foute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,779
- “fouler” frequency rank
- #24,598
- “foute” frequency rank
- 54377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fouler | foute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Presser quelque chose qui cède, avec les pieds, les mains ou à l’aide d’un mécanisme. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de foutre. |
Where the eye mixes fouler and foute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fouler runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against foute's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fouler vs foute
A purely visual mix-up. fouler (\fu.le\) and foute (\fut\) 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 54377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fouler is recorded at frequency rank #29,779, classified as averb, pronounced \fu.le\. foute is at rank #24,598, tagged as averb, pronounced \fut\.
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 54377, this pair ranks #134,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fouler vs foute
Shared letters: efou. Private to "fouler": lr. Private to "foute": t.
"fouler" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "foute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fouler" for "foute" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fouler" vs "foute" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fouler" and "foute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fouler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fouler" and "foute" 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 #134,464 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.