Which to use
“foutre” and “foutues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,867
- “foutre” frequency rank
- #29,361
- “foutues” frequency rank
- 31228
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foutre | foutues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Baiser ; posséder sexuellement. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de foutre. |
Where the eye mixes foutre and foutues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. foutre runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against foutues's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: foutre vs foutues
A purely visual mix-up. foutre (\futʁ\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foutre is recorded at frequency rank #1,867, classified as averb, pronounced \futʁ\. 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 31228, this pair ranks #305,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foutre vs foutues
Shared letters: efotu. Private to "foutre": r. Private to "foutues": s.
"foutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "foutues" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foutre" and "foutues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "foutre" or "foutues" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "foutre" and "foutues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "foutre" 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 #305,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foutre" 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 #305,124 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.