folvsFondWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: fol is a verb, Fond is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fol” is a verb and “Fond” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,656
“fol” frequency rank
#23,131
“Fond” frequency rank
57787
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fol Fond
Definition 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv des Verbs flas ‚sprechen, reden‘ Wageninnenraum hinter den Fahrersitzen

Letter map: fol vs Fond

Shared letters muted; letters that set fol and Fond apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. fol runs 3 letters (CVC) against Fond's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
fol
4 ch
Fond

Part-of-speech tell for fol / Fond

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fol is averb and Fondanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fol is recorded at frequency rank #34,656, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Fond is at rank #23,131, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɔ̃ː].

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 57787, this pair ranks #887,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fol vs Fond

Shared letters: fo. Private to "fol": l. Private to "Fond": dn.

"fol" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Fond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fond ← ffond · fnod · fodn · fondd · fonnd · ofnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fol" and "Fond" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fol" is a verb and "Fond" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fol" or "Fond"?
"Fond" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,131 in our German list, against #34,656 for "fol". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fol" and "Fond".

  • Full dictionary entry for "fol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fond" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #887,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fol" and "Fond" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fol vs puzzles". 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 #887,822 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