Which to use
“fo” is a noun and “foy” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,484
- “fo” frequency rank
- #14,677
- “foy” frequency rank
- 24161
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fo | foy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Folio. | rien, aucun problème. |
Letter map: fo vs foy
Shared letters muted; letters that set fo and foy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for fo / foy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fo is anoun and foyapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fo” sits inside “foy”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fo is recorded at frequency rank #9,484, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ.ljo\. foy is at rank #14,677, tagged as apron.
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 24161, this pair ranks #348,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fo vs foy
Shared letters: fo. Private to "fo": -. Private to "foy": y.
"fo" · 2 letters · shape CV · "foy" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fo" for "foy" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "fo" or "foy" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "fo" and "foy". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "fo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fo" and "foy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs foy". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #348,224 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.