# ferrer vs former

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### ferrer
*verb · IPA \fe.ʁe\ · frequency rank #22,857*
Garnir de fer.

### former
*verb · IPA \fɔʁ.me\ · frequency rank #2,476*
Créer en donnant l’être et la forme.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/ferrer-vs-former