Which to use
“fournie” is an adjective and “fournit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,506
- “fournie” frequency rank
- #4,579
- “fournit” frequency rank
- 15085
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fournie | fournit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fourni. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de fournir. |
Same sound, different letters: fournie vs fournit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: fournie vs fournit
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: fournie and fournit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fuʁ.ni\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “fournie” becomes t in “fournit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15085, 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\. fournit is at rank #4,579, tagged as averb, 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 15085, this pair ranks #393,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fournie vs fournit
Shared letters: finoru. Private to "fournie": e. Private to "fournit": t.
"fournie" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "fournit" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "fournie" / "fournit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "fournie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fournit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fournie" and "fournit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fournie vs fournisse". 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 #393,928 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.