Which to use
“fog” and “foie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,768
- “fog” frequency rank
- #5,041
- “foie” frequency rank
- 51809
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fog | foie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Brouillard, brume. | Organe présent chez l’être humain et chez la plupart des vertébrés, produisant la bile. Il sert, entre autres, à régler le métabolisme des glucides. |
Where the eye mixes fog and foie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between fog and foie
A purely visual mix-up. fog (\fɔɡ\) and foie (\fwa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fog is recorded at frequency rank #46,768, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔɡ\. foie is at rank #5,041, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fwa\.
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 51809, this pair ranks #152,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fog vs foie
Shared letters: fo. Private to "fog": g. Private to "foie": ei.
"fog" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "foie" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- foie ← ffoie · fioe · foei · ofie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fog" for "foie" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "fog" or "foie" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fog" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #152,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fog" and "foie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs fog". 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 #152,300 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.