fochvsFTTHTell them apart

Which to use

“foch” and “FTTH” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,562
“foch” frequency rank
#45,063
“FTTH” frequency rank
73625
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature foch FTTH
Definition Forme mutée de moch par lénition. Architecture de réseau informatique, où le réseau de l'opérateur à base de fibre optique dessert chaque appartement.

Where the eye mixes foch and FTTH

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
foch
4 ch
FTTH

Visual trap between foch and FTTH

A purely visual mix-up. foch (\voːχ\) and FTTH (\ɛf.te.te.aʃ\) 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 73625, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

foch is recorded at frequency rank #28,562, classified as anoun, pronounced \voːχ\. FTTH is at rank #45,063, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛf.te.te.aʃ\.

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 73625, this pair ranks #39,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of foch vs FTTH

Shared letters: fh. Private to "foch": co. Private to "FTTH": t.

"foch" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "FTTH" · 4 letters · shape CCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fochfcoh · ffoch · focch · fochh · fohc · ofch
  • FTTHfftth · fth · ftht · ftthh · tfth

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "foch" for "FTTH" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\voːχ\ versus \ɛf.te.te.aʃ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "foch" or "FTTH"?
"foch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,562 in our French list, against #45,063 for "FTTH". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "foch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "FTTH" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "foch" and "FTTH" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FH vs FTTH". 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 #39,797 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list