Which to use
“fois” is a noun and “fortis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #104
- “fois” frequency rank
- #46,179
- “fortis” frequency rank
- 46283
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fois | fortis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom qui se joint à un adjectif numéral pour indiquer qu’un fait s’est produit ou s’est répété. | Fort, robuste, solide, vigoureux, bien portant. |
Letter map: fois vs fortis
Shared letters muted; letters that set fois and fortis apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for fois / fortis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fois is anoun and fortisanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fois is recorded at frequency rank #104, classified as anoun, pronounced \fwa\. fortis is at rank #46,179, tagged as anadj.
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 46283, this pair ranks #196,155 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fois vs fortis
Shared letters: fios. Private to "fois": -. Private to "fortis": rt.
"fois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fortis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "fois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fortis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,155 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fois" and "fortis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fortis vs furtifs". 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 #196,155 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.