# foo vs from

> 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.

### from
*preposition · IPA /fɹɒm/ · frequency rank #26*
Used to indicate source or provenance.

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