fohvsfontWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: foh is a intj, font is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“foh” is an intj and “font” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,923
“foh” frequency rank
#9,611
“font” frequency rank
59534
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature foh font
Definition An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt. A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.

Letter map: foh vs font

Shared letters muted; letters that set foh and font apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
foh
4 ch
font

Grammar separator: foh vs font

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foh is anintj and fontanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

foh is recorded at frequency rank #49,923, classified as anintj. font is at rank #9,611, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fɒnt/.

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 59534, this pair ranks #105,575 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of foh vs font

Shared letters: fo. Private to "foh": h. Private to "font": nt.

"foh" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "font" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fontffont · fnot · fonnt · fontt · fotn · ofnt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "foh" and "font" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "foh" is an intj and "font" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "foh" or "font" show up more?
"font" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,611 in our English list, against #49,923 for "foh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "foh" and "font". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "foh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "font" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,575 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "foh" and "font" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foh vs FOMO". 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 #105,575 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list