Which to use
“fourcade” and “fourche” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,545
- “fourcade” frequency rank
- #20,730
- “fourche” frequency rank
- 55275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fourcade | fourche |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de forcade. | Instrument qui consiste en un long manche de bois terminé par deux ou trois branches ou pointes de bois, de fer, qui vont en s’écartant. |
Where the eye mixes fourcade and fourche
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fourcade vs fourche
A purely visual mix-up. fourcade (\fuʁ.kad\) and fourche (\fuʁʃ\) 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 55275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fourcade is recorded at frequency rank #34,545, classified as anoun, pronounced \fuʁ.kad\. fourche is at rank #20,730, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fuʁʃ\.
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 55275, this pair ranks #128,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fourcade vs fourche
Shared letters: ceforu. Private to "fourcade": ad. Private to "fourche": h.
"fourcade" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "fourche" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fourcade" and "fourche" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fourcade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fourche" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fourcade" and "fourche" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fourcade vs fourrage". 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 #128,483 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.