follow

\fɔ.lo\

/\fɔ.lo\/ verb

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The verdict

“follow” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,442. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,442
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suivre sur un réseau social.

Corpus desk

Index FR-follow · follow · French

follow · rank #27,442 · 7 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,442
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH folklorique

Nearest frequency peer: folklorique (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « follow »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « follow » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

follow vs foulon
67% similar
follow vs flow
67% similar
follow vs foll
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for follow
PropertyValue
Headwordfollow
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɔ.lo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,442
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « follow »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).followse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « folklorique » (#27,441), « fon » (#27,443), « foncez » (#27,444). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « follow » est au #27,442. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around follow (IPA \fɔ.lo\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,442 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Suivre sur un réseau social.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for follow, with forms such as "ffollow", "flolow", and "followw". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "foulon", "flow", "foll", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is follow, spelled F-O-L-L-O-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suivre sur un réseau social.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how follow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. bon bah je vais te follow alors ç est^([sic]) pour la bonne cause :)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffollow
  • flolow
  • followw
  • follwo
  • fololw
  • folow
  • ofllow

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of follow - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffollow1flolow2followw1follwo2fololw2folow1ofllow2
Edit distance from "follow"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "follow"?
"follow" is spelled F-O-L-L-O-W. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.lo\.
What does "follow" mean?
As a verb, "follow" means: Suivre sur un réseau social.
What words are commonly confused with "follow"?
"follow" is commonly confused with "foulon", "flow", "foll". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "follow"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "follow" is \fɔ.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "follow" come from?
"follow" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "follow", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

foncez#27,444flaque#27,437fâchée#27,452gamers#27,454

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

fendu7 variantsgente7 variantsenfoui7 variantsgnome7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list