Which to use
“foison” and “foulon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,817
- “foison” frequency rank
- #40,772
- “foulon” frequency rank
- 78589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foison | foulon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Très grande abondance. | Artisan qui foule, qui apprête les draps et autres étoffes de laine. |
Where the eye mixes foison and foulon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. foison and foulon follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between foison and foulon
A purely visual mix-up. foison (\fwa.zɔ̃\) and foulon (\fu.lɔ̃\) 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 78589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foison is recorded at frequency rank #37,817, classified as anoun, pronounced \fwa.zɔ̃\. foulon is at rank #40,772, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fu.lɔ̃\.
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 78589, this pair ranks #25,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of foison vs foulon
Shared letters: fno. Private to "foison": is. Private to "foulon": lu.
"foison" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "foulon" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "foison" for "foulon" ever safe?
Frequency check: "foison" vs "foulon" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "foison" and "foulon" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "foison" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foulon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foison" and "foulon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foulon vs frelon". 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 #25,353 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.