# FOSS vs furs

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### FOSS
*noun · IPA /fɒs/ · frequency rank #33,655*
Initialism of Free and Open Source Software.

### furs
*noun · IPA /fɝz/ · frequency rank #28,931*
plural of fur

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foss-vs-furs