Which to use
“food” and “ford” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,365
- “food” frequency rank
- #6,532
- “ford” frequency rank
- 20897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | food | ford |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comida, alimento. | Vado. |
Where the eye mixes food and ford
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. food (CVVC) and ford (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: food vs ford
A purely visual mix-up. food (/fuːd/) and ford (/fɔrd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - o in “food” becomes r in “ford”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
food is recorded at frequency rank #14,365, classified as anoun, pronounced /fuːd/. ford is at rank #6,532, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fɔrd/.
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 20897, this pair ranks #257,281 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of food vs ford
Shared letters: dfo. Private to "food": -. Private to "ford": r.
"food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "ford" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "food" and "ford" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "food" vs "ford" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "food" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ford" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,281 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "food" and "ford" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "food vs fora". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #257,281 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.