Which to use
“fui” and “fuis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,318
- “fui” frequency rank
- #14,680
- “fuis” frequency rank
- 23998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fui | fuis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de fuir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de fuir. |
Same sound, different letters: fui vs fuis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - fui and fuis
This is the hard kind. fui and fuis are pronounced identically (\fɥi\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “fui” sits inside “fuis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fui is recorded at frequency rank #9,318, classified as averb, pronounced \fɥi\. fuis is at rank #14,680, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɥi\.
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 23998, this pair ranks #349,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fui vs fuis
Shared letters: fiu. Private to "fui": -. Private to "fuis": s.
"fui" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "fuis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fuis ← ffuis · fius · fuiss · fusi · ufis
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fui" and "fuis" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "fui" or "fuis" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "fui" / "fuis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "fui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fuis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #349,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fui" and "fuis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FIV vs fuis". 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 #349,253 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.