Which to use
“foulon” and “fourgon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,772
- “foulon” frequency rank
- #21,630
- “fourgon” frequency rank
- 62402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foulon | fourgon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Artisan qui foule, qui apprête les draps et autres étoffes de laine. | Tige de fer ou longue perche de bois garnie de fer par le bout et servant à remuer, à arranger le bois et la braise dans le four. |
Where the eye mixes foulon and fourgon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. foulon runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against fourgon's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: foulon vs fourgon
A purely visual mix-up. foulon (\fu.lɔ̃\) and fourgon (\fuʁ.ɡɔ̃\) 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 62402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foulon is recorded at frequency rank #40,772, classified as anoun, pronounced \fu.lɔ̃\. fourgon is at rank #21,630, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fuʁ.ɡɔ̃\.
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 62402, this pair ranks #87,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of foulon vs fourgon
Shared letters: fnou. Private to "foulon": l. Private to "fourgon": gr.
"foulon" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "fourgon" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foulon" and "fourgon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "foulon" or "fourgon"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "foulon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fourgon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foulon" and "fourgon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foulon vs frelon". 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 #87,312 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.