Français homophones

fon/fond/fonds/font/fonts

"font" (#281 written frequency) beats "fond" (#518) in this 5-word /\fɔ̃\/ cluster. Size rank #101 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Frequency splits the cluster

These 5 spellings keep the same /\fɔ̃\/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "font" leads at #281, with "fond" trailing at #518.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "fon" then splits - "fon" (3 letters) vs "fond" (4).
Shared stem "fon" then splits - "fon" (3 letters) vs "fonds" (5).
Shared stem "fon" then splits - "fon" (3 letters) vs "font" (4).
Shared stem "fon" then splits - "fon" (3 letters) vs "fonts" (5).
Shared stem "fond" then splits - "fond" (4 letters) vs "fonds" (5).
Single-letter fork: "fond" keeps d, "font" writes t at letter 4.
Shared stem "fon" then splits - "fond" (4 letters) vs "fonts" (5).
Shared stem "fon" then splits - "fonds" (5 letters) vs "font" (4).
Shared stem "fon" then splits - "fonds" (5 letters) vs "fonts" (5).
Shared stem "font" then splits - "font" (4 letters) vs "fonts" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across fon, fond, fonds, font, fonts: fno. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

fon
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory fno · no private letters vs siblings
fond
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory dfno · private d
fonds
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory dfnos · private ds
font
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory fnot · private t
fonts
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory fnost · private st

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "fon" when you mean: Langue parlée au Bénin et au Nigéria.
Write "fond" when you mean: Endroit le plus bas, le plus intérieur d’une chose creuse.
Write "fonds" when you mean: Ensemble de biens matériels ou immatériels servant à l’usage principal d’une activité.
Write "font" when you mean: ou Source, fontaine.
Write "fonts" when you mean: Pluriel de font.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

fond ← ffond · fnod · fodn · fondd · fonnd · ofnd
fonds ← ffonds · fnods · fodns · fondds · fondss · fonnds
font ← ffont · fnot · fonnt · fontt · fotn · ofnt
fonts ← ffonts · fnots · fonnts · fonst · fontss · fontts

Each spelling

fon

noun · /\fɔ̃\/ · #27,443 frequency

Langue parlée au Bénin et au Nigéria.

fond

noun · /\fɔ̃\/ · #518 frequency

Endroit le plus bas, le plus intérieur d’une chose creuse.

fonds

noun · /\fɔ̃\/ · #1,062 frequency

Ensemble de biens matériels ou immatériels servant à l’usage principal d’une activité.

font

noun · /\fɔ̃\/ · #281 frequency

ou Source, fontaine.

fonts

noun · /\fɔ̃\/ · #39,304 frequency

Pluriel de font.