# foul, fowl

> English homophone group · 2 words that sound the same · /faʊl/

These English words share one pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning.

## The words

### foul
*/faʊl/*
Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.

### fowl
*/faʊl/*
A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA); groups derived from IPA pronunciation. Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/homophones/foul