Which to use
“flot” and “font” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,221
- “flot” frequency rank
- #281
- “font” frequency rank
- 11502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flot | font |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masse liquide en mouvement. | ou Source, fontaine. |
Where the eye mixes flot and font
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: flot vs font
A purely visual mix-up. flot (\flo\) and font (\fɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flot is recorded at frequency rank #11,221, classified as anoun, pronounced \flo\. font is at rank #281, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃\.
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 11502, this pair ranks #408,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of flot vs font
Shared letters: fot. Private to "flot": l. Private to "font": n.
"flot" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "font" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flot" and "font" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "flot" or "font"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "flot" and "font" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "font" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flot" and "font" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flot vs flour". 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 #408,897 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.