# foyer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/ · frequency rank #25,764

## Definitions
1. A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.
2. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
3. A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French foyer (“hearth, lobby”), in turn from Vulgar Latin *focārium, from Late Latin focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”). Cognate with Spanish hogar (“home”).

## Easily confused with
- **freer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foyer-vs-freer)
- **fryer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foyer-vs-fryer)
- **Foyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foyer-vs-foyle)
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/for-vs-foyer)
- **foe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foe-vs-foyer)
- **fer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fer-vs-foyer)
- **foy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foy-vs-foyer)
- **four** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/four-vs-foyer)
- **foes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foes-vs-foyer)
- **Faye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faye-vs-foyer)
- **foie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foie-vs-foyer)
- **fewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fewer-vs-foyer)
- **fever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fever-vs-foyer)
- **fiber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiber-vs-foyer)
- **forex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forex-vs-foyer)
- **flyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flyer-vs-foyer)
- **foley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foley-vs-foyer)
- **finer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finer-vs-foyer)
- **Faber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faber-vs-foyer)
- **fixer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fixer-vs-foyer)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffoyer`, `foeyr`, `foyerr`, `foyre`, `foyyer`, `fyoer`, `ofyer`

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