Which to use
“filons” is a verb and “fons” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,812
- “filons” frequency rank
- #43,445
- “fons” frequency rank
- 71257
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filons | fons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe filer. | Fonds (patrimoine). |
Letter map: filons vs fons
Shared letters muted; letters that set filons and fons apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. filons runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against fons's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for filons / fons
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: filons is averb and fonsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filons is recorded at frequency rank #27,812, classified as averb, pronounced \fi.lɔ̃\. fons is at rank #43,445, tagged as anoun.
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 71257, this pair ranks #48,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filons vs fons
Shared letters: fnos. Private to "filons": il. Private to "fons": -.
"filons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "fons" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "filons" and "fons" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "filons" or "fons"?
Useful next steps
Pair "filons" vs "fons" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "filons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filons" and "fons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foins vs fons". 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 #48,241 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.