Which to use
“fourrage” and “foutage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,164
- “fourrage” frequency rank
- #19,291
- “foutage” frequency rank
- 49455
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fourrage | foutage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paille, foin et toute autre espèce d’herbe qu’on donne pour nourriture aux bestiaux, aux chevaux, etc., lorsqu’on ne les fait pas paître. | Action de foutre (la merde), de se foutre (de la gueule de quelqu'un), etc. |
Where the eye mixes fourrage and foutage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fourrage runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against foutage's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fourrage vs foutage
A purely visual mix-up. fourrage (\fu.ʁaʒ\) and foutage (\fu.taʒ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fourrage is recorded at frequency rank #30,164, classified as anoun, pronounced \fu.ʁaʒ\. foutage is at rank #19,291, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fu.taʒ\.
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 49455, this pair ranks #170,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fourrage vs foutage
Shared letters: aefgou. Private to "fourrage": r. Private to "foutage": t.
"fourrage" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "foutage" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fourrage" for "foutage" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fourrage" vs "foutage" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fourrage" and "foutage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fourrage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foutage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fourrage" and "foutage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fourcade vs fourrage". 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 #170,526 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.