Which to use
“foi” and “folk” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,644
- “foi” frequency rank
- #4,947
- “folk” frequency rank
- 47591
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foi | folk |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A depiction of a handshake. | A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. |
Letter map: foi vs folk
Shared letters muted; letters that set foi and folk apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
foi and folk are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foi is recorded at frequency rank #42,644, classified as anoun. folk is at rank #4,947, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fəʊk/.
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 47591, this pair ranks #201,009 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foi vs folk
Shared letters: fo. Private to "foi": i. Private to "folk": kl.
"foi" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "folk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- folk ← ffolk · flok · fokl · folkk · follk · oflk