Which to use
“foutait” and “foutent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,275
- “foutait” frequency rank
- #9,839
- “foutent” frequency rank
- 32114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foutait | foutent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de foutre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de foutre. |
Where the eye mixes foutait and foutent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. foutait (CVVCVVC) and foutent (CVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between foutait and foutent
A purely visual mix-up. foutait (\fu.tɛ\) and foutent (\fut\) 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 32114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foutait is recorded at frequency rank #22,275, classified as averb, pronounced \fu.tɛ\. foutent is at rank #9,839, tagged as averb, pronounced \fut\.
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 32114, this pair ranks #299,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foutait vs foutent
Shared letters: fotu. Private to "foutait": ai. Private to "foutent": en.
"foutait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "foutent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "foutait" for "foutent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "foutait" vs "foutent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "foutait" and "foutent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "foutait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foutent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #299,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foutait" and "foutent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fondait vs foutait". 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 #299,492 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.