# foie

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,645

## Definitions
1. Ellipsis of foie gras.

## Etymology
Ellipsis of foie gras, from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”).

## Easily confused with
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-for)
- **fox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-fox)
- **FYI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-fyi)
- **foo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-foo)
- **foy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-foy)
- **FTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-fte)
- **fou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-fou)
- **free** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-free)
- **four** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-four)
- **food** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-food)
- **form** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-form)
- **foot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-foot)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-ford)
- **fort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-fort)
- **fool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-fool)
- **folk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-folk)
- **foul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-foul)
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-fork)
- **fond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-fond)
- **font** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-font)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ffoie`, `fioe`, `foei`, `ofie`

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