foh vs food, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#49,923
“foh” frequency rank: #386
“food” frequency rank: 50309
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	foh	food
Definition	An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt.	Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set foh and food apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

3 ch

foh

4 ch

food

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foh is anintj and foodanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

foh is recorded at frequency rank #49,923, classified as anintj. food is at rank #386, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fuːd/.

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 50309, this pair ranks #175,475 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of foh vs food

Shared letters: fo. Private to "foh": h. Private to "food": d.

"foh" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

food ← ffood · fod · fodo · foodd · ofod

Frequency comparison

foh#49,923

food#386

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "foh" and "food" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "foh" is an intj and "food" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "foh" or "food"?

"food" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #386 in our English list, against #49,923 for "foh". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering foh vs food

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an intj, it's “foh”; for a noun, it's “food”.
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