Which to use
“foute” and “foutent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,598
- “foute” frequency rank
- #9,839
- “foutent” frequency rank
- 34437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foute | foutent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de foutre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de foutre. |
Same sound, different letters: foute vs foutent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. foute runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against foutent's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: foute vs foutent
This is the hard kind. foute and foutent are pronounced identically (\fut\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “foute” sits inside “foutent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foute is recorded at frequency rank #24,598, classified as averb, pronounced \fut\. 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 34437, this pair ranks #283,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foute vs foutent
Shared letters: efotu. Private to "foute": -. Private to "foutent": n.
"foute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "foutent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foute" and "foutent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "foute" or "foutent"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "foute" 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 #283,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foute" and "foutent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouets vs foute". 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 #283,834 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.