Which to use
“fork” and “fury” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,788
- “fork” frequency rank
- #8,147
- “fury” frequency rank
- 14935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fork | fury |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows: | Extreme anger. |
Where the eye mixes fork and fury
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. fork (/fɔːk/) and fury (/ˈfjʊə.ɹi/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fork is recorded at frequency rank #6,788, classified as anoun, pronounced /fɔːk/. fury is at rank #8,147, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfjʊə.ɹi/.
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 14935, this pair ranks #467,068 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fork vs fury
Shared letters: fr. Private to "fork": ko. Private to "fury": uy.
"fork" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fury" · 4 letters · shape CVCV