Which to use
“fils” is a noun and “fol” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,670
- “fils” frequency rank
- #34,656
- “fol” frequency rank
- 84326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fils | fol |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | männlicher Nachkomme: Sohn | 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv des Verbs flas ‚sprechen, reden‘ |
Letter map: fils vs fol
Shared letters muted; letters that set fils and fol apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - fils and fol
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fils is anoun and folaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fils is recorded at frequency rank #49,670, classified as anoun, pronounced [fis]. fol is at rank #34,656, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
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 84326, this pair ranks #125,551 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fils vs fol
Shared letters: fl. Private to "fils": is. Private to "fol": o.
"fils" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fol" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fils ← ffils · fills · filss · fisl · flis · ifls
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "fils" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fol" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,551 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fils" and "fol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fils vs fist". 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 #125,551 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.