# foul vs foxy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### foul
*adjective · IPA /faʊl/ · frequency rank #6,574*
Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.

### foxy
*noun · IPA /ˈfɑksi/ · frequency rank #28,925*
The recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foul-vs-foxy