Which to use
“forms” is a verb and “François” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,276
- “forms” frequency rank
- #11,052
- “François” frequency rank
- 56328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | forms | François |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs form | männlicher Vorname |
Letter map: forms vs François
Shared letters muted; letters that set forms and François apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. forms runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against François's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - forms and François
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: forms is averb and Françoisaname. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
forms is recorded at frequency rank #45,276, classified as averb, pronounced […]. François is at rank #11,052, tagged as aname, 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 56328, this pair ranks #944,556 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of forms vs François
Shared letters: fors. Private to "forms": m. Private to "François": ainç.
"forms" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "François" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- forms ← fforms · fomrs · formms · formss · forrms · forsm · froms · ofrms
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "forms" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "François" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #944,556 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "forms" and "François" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forms 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 #944,556 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.