Which to use
“foin” and “fond” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,388
- “foin” frequency rank
- #518
- “fond” frequency rank
- 13906
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foin | fond |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Herbe fauchée et séchée qui sert principalement à la nourriture des chevaux et des bestiaux. | Endroit le plus bas, le plus intérieur d’une chose creuse. |
Where the eye mixes foin and fond
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. foin (CVVC) and fond (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between foin and fond
A purely visual mix-up. foin (\fwɛ̃\) and fond (\fɔ̃\) 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 13906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foin is recorded at frequency rank #13,388, classified as anoun, pronounced \fwɛ̃\. fond is at rank #518, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃\.
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 13906, this pair ranks #399,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of foin vs fond
Shared letters: fno. Private to "foin": i. Private to "fond": d.
"foin" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foin" and "fond" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "foin" vs "fond" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "foin" and "fond" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "foin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fond" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foin" and "fond" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FIV vs foin". 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 #399,010 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.