Which to use
“fournée” is a noun and “fourré” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,849
- “fournée” frequency rank
- #24,597
- “fourré” frequency rank
- 61446
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fournée | fourré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quantité de pain qu’on fait cuire ou qu’on peut faire cuire à la fois dans un four. | Vêtu de fourrure. |
Where the eye mixes fournée and fourré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fournée vs fourré
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fournée is \fuʁ.ne\ while fourré is \fu.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fournée is recorded at frequency rank #36,849, classified as anoun, pronounced \fuʁ.ne\. fourré is at rank #24,597, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fu.ʁe\.
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 61446, this pair ranks #92,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fournée vs fourré
Shared letters: forué. Private to "fournée": en. Private to "fourré": -.
"fournée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "fourré" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "fournée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fourré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fournée" and "fourré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouiner vs fournée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #92,239 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.