Which to use
“fournie” and “fournis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,506
- “fournie” frequency rank
- #7,831
- “fournis” frequency rank
- 18337
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fournie | fournis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fourni. | Masculin pluriel de fourni. |
Same sound, different letters: fournie vs fournis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: fournie vs fournis
This is the hard kind. fournie and fournis are pronounced identically (\fuʁ.ni\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “fournie” becomes s in “fournis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18337, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fournie is recorded at frequency rank #10,506, classified as anadj, pronounced \fuʁ.ni\. fournis is at rank #7,831, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fuʁ.ni\.
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 18337, this pair ranks #378,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fournie vs fournis
Shared letters: finoru. Private to "fournie": e. Private to "fournis": s.
"fournie" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "fournis" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fournie" and "fournis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fournie" vs "fournis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "fournie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fournis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fournie" and "fournis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fortis vs fournis". 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 #378,842 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.