# foils vs folk

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### foils
*noun · IPA /fɔɪlz/ · frequency rank #36,565*
plural of foil

### folk
*noun · IPA /fəʊk/ · frequency rank #4,947*
A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foils-vs-folk