foi

[fwa]

/[fwa]/ noun

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The verdict

“foi” is uncommon German (frequency #95,566 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,566
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Glaube, Glauben, Zuversicht

Corpus desk

Index DE-foi · foi · German

foi · rank #95,566 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,566
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Forschungsmet…

Nearest frequency peer: Forschungsmethoden (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „foi“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „foi“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for foi
PropertyValue
Headwordfoi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fwa]
Letters3
Frequency rank#95,566
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „foi“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.foifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Forschungsmethoden“ (#95,568), „Fluggästen“ (#95,563), „fortzupflanzen“ (#95,569). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „foi“ bei #95,566. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

foi is uncommon German at frequency #95,566 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fwa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Glaube, Glauben, Zuversicht".

foi has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is foi, spelled F-O-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Glaube, Glauben, Zuversicht

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "foi"?
"foi" is spelled F-O-I. The IPA pronunciation is [fwa].
What does "foi" mean?
As a noun, "foi" means: Glaube, Glauben, Zuversicht
How do you pronounce "foi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foi" is [fwa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foi" come from?
"foi" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "foi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

GDI#95,600evn#95,529HLF#95,726Cer#95,385

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list