Which to use
“fourmi” and “fourmis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,019
- “fourmi” frequency rank
- #12,162
- “fourmis” frequency rank
- 33181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fourmi | fourmis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit insecte social sans ailes (sauf individus sexués), vivant en colonies dans des fourmilières. C’est un hyménoptère qui possède en particulier des antennes coudées et un pétiole. | Pluriel de fourmi. |
Same sound, different letters: fourmi vs fourmis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: fourmi vs fourmis
This is the hard kind. fourmi and fourmis are pronounced identically (\fuʁ.mi\) 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) - “fourmi” sits inside “fourmis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fourmi is recorded at frequency rank #21,019, classified as anoun, pronounced \fuʁ.mi\. fourmis is at rank #12,162, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fuʁ.mi\.
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 33181, this pair ranks #292,336 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fourmi vs fourmis
Shared letters: fimoru. Private to "fourmi": -. Private to "fourmis": s.
"fourmi" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "fourmis" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fourmi" and "fourmis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fourmi" or "fourmis"?
What to do next
"fourmi" and "fourmis" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fourmi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fourmis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,336 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fourmi" and "fourmis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fortis vs fourmis". 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 #292,336 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.