Which to use
“font” is a noun and “fou” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,611
- “font” frequency rank
- #48,244
- “fou” frequency rank
- 57855
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | font | fou |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism. | Drunk. |
Letter map: font vs fou
Shared letters muted; letters that set font and fou apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - font and fou
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: font is anoun and fouanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
font is recorded at frequency rank #9,611, classified as anoun, pronounced /fɒnt/. fou is at rank #48,244, tagged as anadj.
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 57855, this pair ranks #116,467 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of font vs fou
Shared letters: fo. Private to "font": nt. Private to "fou": u.
"font" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fou" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- font ← ffont · fnot · fonnt · fontt · fotn · ofnt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "font" and "fou" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "font" or "fou"?
After this comparison
You've compared "font" and "fou". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "font" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fou" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,467 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "font" and "fou" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FOMO vs fou". 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 #116,467 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.