Which to use
“foi” and “foies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,478
- “foi” frequency rank
- #47,901
- “foies” frequency rank
- 49379
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foi | foies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Croyance aux dogmes de la religion, en Dieu. | Pluriel de foie. |
Same sound, different letters: foi vs foies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - foi / foies
This is the hard kind. foi and foies are pronounced identically (\fwa\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “foi” sits inside “foies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49379, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foi is recorded at frequency rank #1,478, classified as anoun, pronounced \fwa\. foies is at rank #47,901, 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 49379, this pair ranks #171,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foi vs foies
Shared letters: fio. Private to "foi": -. Private to "foies": es.
"foi" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "foies" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- foies ← ffoies · fioes · foeis · foiess · foise · ofies
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "foi" and "foies" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "foi" or "foies"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "foi" / "foies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "foi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foi" and "foies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foies vs fouets". 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 #171,181 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.