Which to use
“foutais” and “foutues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,175
- “foutais” frequency rank
- #29,361
- “foutues” frequency rank
- 57536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foutais | foutues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de foutre. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de foutre. |
Where the eye mixes foutais and foutues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. foutais and foutues follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: foutais vs foutues
A purely visual mix-up. foutais (\fu.tɛ\) and foutues (\fu.ty\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foutais is recorded at frequency rank #28,175, classified as averb, pronounced \fu.tɛ\. foutues is at rank #29,361, tagged as averb, pronounced \fu.ty\.
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 57536, this pair ranks #114,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foutais vs foutues
Shared letters: fostu. Private to "foutais": ai. Private to "foutues": e.
"foutais" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "foutues" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foutais" and "foutues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "foutais" or "foutues" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "foutais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foutues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foutais" and "foutues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foulées vs foutues". 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 #114,454 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.