Which to use
“fournir” and “fournira” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,477
- “fournir” frequency rank
- #21,020
- “fournira” frequency rank
- 23497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fournir | fournira |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pourvoir ; approvisionner. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de fournir. |
Where the eye mixes fournir and fournira
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. fournir runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against fournira's 8 (CVVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fournir vs fournira
A purely visual mix-up. fournir (\fuʁ.niʁ\) and fournira (\fuʁ.ni.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fournir” sits inside “fournira”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fournir is recorded at frequency rank #2,477, classified as averb, pronounced \fuʁ.niʁ\. fournira is at rank #21,020, tagged as averb, pronounced \fuʁ.ni.ʁa\.
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 23497, this pair ranks #352,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fournir vs fournira
Shared letters: finoru. Private to "fournir": -. Private to "fournira": a.
"fournir" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "fournira" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fournir" and "fournira" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fournir" or "fournira" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fournir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fournira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fournir" and "fournira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouiner vs fournir". 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 #352,165 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.