# folie vs forte

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### folie
*noun · IPA [fɔ.li] · frequency rank #13,826*
Irrsinn, Tollheit, Verrücktheit, Wahnsinn, Wahnwitz

### forte
*adverb · IPA [ˈfɔʁtə] · frequency rank #29,128*
laut, stark

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/folie-vs-forte