# fool vs fox

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fool
*noun · IPA /fuːl/ · frequency rank #4,378*
A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

### fox
*noun · IPA /fɒks/ · frequency rank #2,204*
A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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