Which to use
“fourche” and “fourches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,730
- “fourche” frequency rank
- #30,163
- “fourches” frequency rank
- 50893
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fourche | fourches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pluriel de fourche. |
Same sound, different letters: fourche vs fourches
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: fourche vs fourches
This is the hard kind. fourche and fourches are pronounced identically (\fuʁʃ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fourche” sits inside “fourches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50893, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fourche is recorded at frequency rank #20,730, classified as anoun, pronounced \fuʁʃ\. fourches is at rank #30,163, 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 50893, this pair ranks #159,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fourche vs fourches
Shared letters: cefhoru. Private to "fourche": -. Private to "fourches": s.
"fourche" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCCV · "fourches" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fourche" and "fourches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fourche" or "fourches"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "fourche" / "fourches". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "fourche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fourches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fourche" and "fourches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fauche 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 #159,124 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.