Which to use
“foggy” is an adjective and “foy” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,675
- “foggy” frequency rank
- #36,566
- “foy” frequency rank
- 59241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foggy | foy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy. | Faith, allegiance. |
Letter map: foggy vs foy
Shared letters muted; letters that set foggy and foy apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. foggy runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against foy's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - foggy and foy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foggy is anadjective and foyanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59241, 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/. foy is at rank #36,566, 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 59241, this pair ranks #107,450 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of foggy vs foy
Shared letters: foy. Private to "foggy": g. Private to "foy": -.
"foggy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "foy" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- foggy ← ffoggy · fgogy · foggyy · fogy · fogyg · ofggy
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "foggy" and "foy" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "foggy" vs "foy" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "foggy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,450 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foggy" and "foy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FOMO vs foy". 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 #107,450 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.