Which to use
“fourré” and “fourrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,597
- “fourré” frequency rank
- #30,165
- “fourrés” frequency rank
- 54762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fourré | fourrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vêtu de fourrure. | Masculin pluriel de fourré. |
Same sound, different letters: fourré vs fourrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - fourré and fourrés
This is the hard kind. fourré and fourrés are pronounced identically (\fu.ʁe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “fourré” sits inside “fourrés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fourré is recorded at frequency rank #24,597, classified as anadj, pronounced \fu.ʁe\. fourrés is at rank #30,165, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fu.ʁe\.
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 54762, this pair ranks #131,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fourré vs fourrés
Shared letters: forué. Private to "fourré": -. Private to "fourrés": s.
"fourré" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "fourrés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fourré" and "fourrés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fourré" vs "fourrés" - 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 "fourré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fourrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fourré" and "fourrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foulées vs fourrés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #131,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.