Which to use
“foot” is a noun and “fou” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,426
- “foot” frequency rank
- #48,244
- “fou” frequency rank
- 49670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foot | fou |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. | Drunk. |
Letter map: foot vs fou
Shared letters muted; letters that set foot and fou apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foot is anoun and fouanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foot is recorded at frequency rank #1,426, classified as anoun, pronounced /fʊt/. 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 49670, this pair ranks #181,439 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foot vs fou
Shared letters: fo. Private to "foot": t. Private to "fou": u.
"foot" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fou" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- foot ← ffoot · foott · fot · foto · ofot