Which to use
“fournée” is a noun and “fourrés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,849
- “fournée” frequency rank
- #30,165
- “fourrés” frequency rank
- 67014
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fournée | fourrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quantité de pain qu’on fait cuire ou qu’on peut faire cuire à la fois dans un four. | Masculin pluriel de fourré. |
Where the eye mixes fournée and fourrés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between fournée and fourrés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fournée is \fuʁ.ne\ while fourrés is \fu.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67014, 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\. fourrés is at rank #30,165, 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 67014, this pair ranks #65,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fournée vs fourrés
Shared letters: forué. Private to "fournée": en. Private to "fourrés": s.
"fournée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "fourrés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fournée" and "fourrés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fournée" vs "fourrés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fournée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fourrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fournée" and "fourrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouiner vs fournée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #65,286 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.