Which to use
“foutue” is an adjective and “foutues” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,264
- “foutue” frequency rank
- #29,361
- “foutues” frequency rank
- 43625
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foutue | foutues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de foutu. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de foutre. |
Same sound, different letters: foutue vs foutues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - foutue and foutues
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: foutue and foutues carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fu.ty\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “foutue” sits inside “foutues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43625, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foutue is recorded at frequency rank #14,264, classified as anadj, pronounced \fu.ty\. 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 43625, this pair ranks #216,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foutue vs foutues
Shared letters: efotu. Private to "foutue": -. Private to "foutues": s.
"foutue" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "foutues" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "foutue" for "foutues" ever safe?
Frequency check: "foutue" vs "foutues" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "foutue" / "foutues". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "foutue" 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 #216,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foutue" 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 #216,628 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.