Which to use
“Fee” and “foie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,653
- “Fee” frequency rank
- #5,041
- “foie” frequency rank
- 54694
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Fee | foie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fée. | Organe présent chez l’être humain et chez la plupart des vertébrés, produisant la bile. Il sert, entre autres, à régler le métabolisme des glucides. |
Where the eye mixes Fee and foie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Fee runs 3 letters (CVV) against foie's 4 (CVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Fee vs foie
A purely visual mix-up. Fee (\feː\) and foie (\fwa\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Fee is recorded at frequency rank #49,653, classified as anoun, pronounced \feː\. foie is at rank #5,041, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fwa\.
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 54694, this pair ranks #132,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Fee vs foie
Shared letters: ef. Private to "Fee": -. Private to "foie": io.
"Fee" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "foie" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- foie ← ffoie · fioe · foei · ofie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Fee" and "foie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Fee" or "foie"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Fee" and "foie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Fee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Fee" and "foie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs FPR". 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 #132,297 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.