FelixvsfolioTell them apart

Quick tell: Felix is a name, folio is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Felix” is a name and “folio” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,246
“Felix” frequency rank
#49,679
“folio” frequency rank
52925
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Felix folio
Definition männlicher Vorname auf dem Blatt (stehend, verzeichnet)

Where the eye mixes Felix and folio

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Felix
5 ch
folio

Look-alike desk: Felix vs folio

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Felix is [ˈfeːlɪks] while folio is [ˈfoːli̯o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Felix is recorded at frequency rank #3,246, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈfeːlɪks]. folio is at rank #49,679, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˈfoːli̯o].

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 52925, this pair ranks #1,077,954 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Felix vs folio

Shared letters: fil. Private to "Felix": ex. Private to "folio": o.

"Felix" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "folio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Felixeflix · feilx · felixx · fellix · felxi · ffelix · fleix
  • folioffolio · floio · foilo · follio · foloi · oflio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Felix" and "folio" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Felix" is a name and "folio" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Felix" vs "folio" - which ranks higher?
"Felix" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,246 in our German list, against #49,679 for "folio". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Felix" and "folio" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Felix" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "folio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,077,954 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Felix" and "folio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fol vs folio". 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 #1,077,954 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list