# foo vs for

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### foo
*noun · IPA /fuː/ · frequency rank #18,562*
Alternative form of fu: an administrative subdivision of imperial China; the capital of such divisions.

### for
*conjunction · IPA /fɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #9*
Because.

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