Which to use
“fol” is a verb and “foot” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,656
- “fol” frequency rank
- #34,657
- “foot” frequency rank
- 69313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fol | foot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv des Verbs flas ‚sprechen, reden‘ | unterste Teil des Beines; Fuß |
Letter map: fol vs foot
Shared letters muted; letters that set fol and foot apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for fol / foot
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fol is averb and footanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fol is recorded at frequency rank #34,656, classified as averb, pronounced […]. foot is at rank #34,657, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fʊt].
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 69313, this pair ranks #480,393 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fol vs foot
Shared letters: fo. Private to "fol": l. Private to "foot": t.
"fol" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "foot" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- foot ← ffoot · foott · fot · ofot
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fol" for "foot" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fol" vs "foot" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fol" and "foot".
- Full dictionary entry for "fol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #480,393 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fol" and "foot" 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 #480,393 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.