Which to use
“foi” and “folio” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,478
- “foi” frequency rank
- #19,022
- “folio” frequency rank
- 20500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foi | folio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Croyance aux dogmes de la religion, en Dieu. | Feuillet, en parlant de registres, de manuscrits, etc., numérotés par feuillets, et non par pages. |
Where the eye mixes foi and folio
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses foi with folio
A purely visual mix-up. foi (\fwa\) and folio (\fɔ.ljo\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20500, 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\. folio is at rank #19,022, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔ.ljo\.
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 20500, this pair ranks #367,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of foi vs folio
Shared letters: fio. Private to "foi": -. Private to "folio": l.
"foi" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "folio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- folio ← ffolio · floio · foilo · follio · foloi · oflio
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foi" and "folio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "foi" vs "folio" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "foi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "folio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foi" and "folio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "folio vs foo". 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 #367,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.