Which to use
“furie” is a noun and “furieux” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,873
- “furie” frequency rank
- #9,010
- “furieux” frequency rank
- 32883
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | furie | furieux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Divinité infernale dont la fonction était de tourmenter les méchants, les criminels, soit dans les enfers, soit sur la terre. | Qui est en fureur ; qui est en furie. |
Where the eye mixes furie and furieux
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. furie runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against furieux's 7 (CVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between furie and furieux
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: furie is \fy.ʁi\ while furieux is \fy.ʁjø\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “furie” sits inside “furieux”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
furie is recorded at frequency rank #23,873, classified as anoun, pronounced \fy.ʁi\. furieux is at rank #9,010, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fy.ʁjø\.
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 32883, this pair ranks #294,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of furie vs furieux
Shared letters: efiru. Private to "furie": -. Private to "furieux": x.
"furie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "furieux" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "furie" for "furieux" ever safe?
Which is more common, "furie" or "furieux"?
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 "furie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "furieux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "furie" and "furieux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "furie vs furtive". 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 #294,308 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.