Which to use
“foi” is a noun and “froid” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,478
- “foi” frequency rank
- #1,264
- “froid” frequency rank
- 2742
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foi | froid |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Croyance aux dogmes de la religion, en Dieu. | Qui nous donne la sensation d’une température notablement inférieure à la nôtre. |
Where the eye mixes foi and froid
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: foi vs froid
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: foi is \fwa\ while froid is \fʁwa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2742, 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\. froid is at rank #1,264, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fʁwa\.
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 2742, this pair ranks #435,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of foi vs froid
Shared letters: fio. Private to "foi": -. Private to "froid": dr.
"foi" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "froid" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- froid ← ffroid · forid · friod · frodi · froidd · frroid · rfoid
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foi" and "froid" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "foi" vs "froid" - which ranks higher?
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 "foi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "froid" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foi" and "froid" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs foi". 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 #435,564 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.