Which to use
“fourrure” and “fourrures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,591
- “fourrure” frequency rank
- #26,012
- “fourrures” frequency rank
- 37603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fourrure | fourrures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Peau densément recouverte de poils de certains mammifères. | Pluriel de fourrure. |
Same sound, different letters: fourrure vs fourrures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: fourrure vs fourrures
This is the hard kind. fourrure and fourrures are pronounced identically (\fu.ʁyʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “fourrure” sits inside “fourrures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fourrure is recorded at frequency rank #11,591, classified as anoun, pronounced \fu.ʁyʁ\. fourrures is at rank #26,012, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fu.ʁyʁ\.
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 37603, this pair ranks #261,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fourrure vs fourrures
Shared letters: eforu. Private to "fourrure": -. Private to "fourrures": s.
"fourrure" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "fourrures" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fourrure" for "fourrures" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fourrure" vs "fourrures" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "fourrure" / "fourrures". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "fourrure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fourrures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fourrure" and "fourrures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fourrés vs fourrures". 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 #261,334 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.