Which to use
“fournir” and “fournit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,477
- “fournir” frequency rank
- #4,579
- “fournit” frequency rank
- 7056
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fournir | fournit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pourvoir ; approvisionner. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de fournir. |
Where the eye mixes fournir and fournit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fournir and fournit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: fournir vs fournit
A purely visual mix-up. fournir (\fuʁ.niʁ\) and fournit (\fuʁ.ni\) 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 a single letter - r in “fournir” becomes t in “fournit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7056, 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\. 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 7056, this pair ranks #424,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fournir vs fournit
Shared letters: finoru. Private to "fournir": -. Private to "fournit": t.
"fournir" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "fournit" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fournir" and "fournit" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "fournir" or "fournit"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fournir" and "fournit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fournir" 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 #424,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fournir" and "fournit" 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 #424,400 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.