Which to use
“fourcade” and “fourrage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,545
- “fourcade” frequency rank
- #30,164
- “fourrage” frequency rank
- 64709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fourcade | fourrage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de forcade. | Paille, foin et toute autre espèce d’herbe qu’on donne pour nourriture aux bestiaux, aux chevaux, etc., lorsqu’on ne les fait pas paître. |
Where the eye mixes fourcade and fourrage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fourcade vs fourrage
A purely visual mix-up. fourcade (\fuʁ.kad\) and fourrage (\fu.ʁaʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64709, 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\. fourrage is at rank #30,164, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fu.ʁaʒ\.
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 64709, this pair ranks #75,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fourcade vs fourrage
Shared letters: aeforu. Private to "fourcade": cd. Private to "fourrage": g.
"fourcade" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "fourrage" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fourcade" and "fourrage" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fourcade" vs "fourrage" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fourcade" and "fourrage" 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 "fourrage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fourcade" and "fourrage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fourcade vs fourche". 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 #75,718 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.