Which to use
“fol” is a verb and “Fouls” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,656
- “fol” frequency rank
- #48,153
- “Fouls” frequency rank
- 82809
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fol | Fouls |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv des Verbs flas ‚sprechen, reden‘ | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Foul |
Letter map: fol vs Fouls
Shared letters muted; letters that set fol and Fouls apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. fol runs 3 letters (CVC) against Fouls's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for fol / Fouls
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fol is averb and Foulsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fol is recorded at frequency rank #34,656, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Fouls is at rank #48,153, tagged as anoun, pronounced [faʊ̯ls].
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 82809, this pair ranks #150,578 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fol vs Fouls
Shared letters: flo. Private to "fol": -. Private to "Fouls": su.
"fol" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Fouls" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Fouls ← ffouls · folus · foulls · foulss · fousl · fuols · ofuls
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fol" for "Fouls" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fol" vs "Fouls" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "fol" and "Fouls". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "fol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Fouls" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,578 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fol" and "Fouls" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fils vs Fouls". 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 #150,578 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.