Which to use
“foot” and “foy” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,426
- “foot” frequency rank
- #36,566
- “foy” frequency rank
- 37992
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foot | foy |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Faith, allegiance. |
Letter map: foot vs foy
Shared letters muted; letters that set foot and foy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Pair insight - foot / foy
foot and foy are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37992, 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/. foy is at rank #36,566, tagged as anoun.
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 37992, this pair ranks #289,769 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foot vs foy
Shared letters: fo. Private to "foot": t. Private to "foy": y.
"foot" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "foy" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- foot ← ffoot · foott · fot · foto · ofot
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foot" and "foy" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "foot" or "foy" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "foot" and "foy".
- Full dictionary entry for "foot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #289,769 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foot" and "foy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FOMO vs foy". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #289,769 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.