Which to use
“flat” is an adjective and “fout” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,369
- “flat” frequency rank
- #3,403
- “fout” frequency rank
- 29772
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flat | fout |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dit du ver à soie atteint de flacherie. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de foutre. |
Letter map: flat vs fout
Shared letters muted; letters that set flat and fout apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for flat / fout
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: flat is anadjective and foutaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flat is recorded at frequency rank #26,369, classified as anadj, pronounced \fla\. fout is at rank #3,403, tagged as averb.
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 29772, this pair ranks #314,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flat vs fout
Shared letters: ft. Private to "flat": al. Private to "fout": ou.
"flat" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "fout" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flat" for "fout" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "flat" or "fout" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "flat" and "fout".
- Full dictionary entry for "flat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fout" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flat" and "fout" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ffa vs flat". 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 #314,596 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.