# fooled vs fouled

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fooled
*verb · IPA /fuːld/ · frequency rank #12,980*
simple past and past participle of fool

### fouled
*verb · IPA /faʊld/ · frequency rank #26,431*
simple past and past participle of foul

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