Which to use
“furieux” and “furious” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,010
- “furieux” frequency rank
- #30,173
- “furious” frequency rank
- 39183
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | furieux | furious |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est en fureur ; qui est en furie. | Furieux. |
Where the eye mixes furieux and furious
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. furieux and furious follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses furieux with furious
A purely visual mix-up. furieux (\fy.ʁjø\) and furious (\ˈfjʊə.ɹɪəs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39183, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
furieux is recorded at frequency rank #9,010, classified as anadj, pronounced \fy.ʁjø\. furious is at rank #30,173, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈfjʊə.ɹɪəs\.
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 39183, this pair ranks #249,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of furieux vs furious
Shared letters: firu. Private to "furieux": ex. Private to "furious": os.
"furieux" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC · "furious" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "furieux" and "furious" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "furieux" or "furious" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "furieux" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "furious" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "furieux" and "furious" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ferions vs furious". 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 #249,876 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.