Which to use
“foggy” is an adjective and “fong” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,675
- “foggy” frequency rank
- #28,923
- “fong” frequency rank
- 51598
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foggy | fong |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy. | A kick. |
Letter map: foggy vs fong
Shared letters muted; letters that set foggy and fong apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. foggy runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fong's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - foggy and fong
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foggy is anadjective and fonganoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foggy is recorded at frequency rank #22,675, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈfɒɡi/. fong is at rank #28,923, tagged as anoun.
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 51598, this pair ranks #164,127 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foggy vs fong
Shared letters: fgo. Private to "foggy": y. Private to "fong": n.
"foggy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fong" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "foggy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fong" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,127 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foggy" and "fong" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FOMO vs fong". 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 #164,127 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.