Which to use
“foutait” and “fuyait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,275
- “foutait” frequency rank
- #38,820
- “fuyait” frequency rank
- 61095
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foutait | fuyait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de foutre. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de fuir. |
Where the eye mixes foutait and fuyait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. foutait runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against fuyait's 6 (CVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between foutait and fuyait
A purely visual mix-up. foutait (\fu.tɛ\) and fuyait (\fɥi.jɛ\) 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 61095, 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\. fuyait is at rank #38,820, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɥi.jɛ\.
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 61095, this pair ranks #94,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of foutait vs fuyait
Shared letters: afitu. Private to "foutait": o. Private to "fuyait": y.
"foutait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "fuyait" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foutait" and "fuyait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "foutait" or "fuyait" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "foutait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fuyait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foutait" and "fuyait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fuyaient vs fuyait". 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 #94,091 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.