# foal vs foo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### foal
*noun · IPA /fəʊl/ · frequency rank #35,721*
A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.

### foo
*noun · IPA /fuː/ · frequency rank #18,562*
Alternative form of fu: an administrative subdivision of imperial China; the capital of such divisions.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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