Which to use
“foray” and “fra” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,464
- “foray” frequency rank
- #25,765
- “fra” frequency rank
- 53229
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foray | fra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. | A title of a friar or monk: brother. |
Where the eye mixes foray and fra
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. foray runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against fra's 3 (CCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: foray vs fra
A purely visual mix-up. foray (/ˈfɒɹ.eɪ/) and fra (/fɹɑː/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foray is recorded at frequency rank #27,464, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɒɹ.eɪ/. fra is at rank #25,765, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fɹɑː/.
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 53229, this pair ranks #150,718 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foray vs fra
Shared letters: afr. Private to "foray": oy. Private to "fra": -.
"foray" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "fra" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- foray ← fforay · foary · forayy · forray · forya · froay · ofray
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foray" and "fra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "foray" or "fra" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "foray" and "fra" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "foray" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,718 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foray" and "fra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foh vs fra". 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 #150,718 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.