Which to use
“folio” and “folk” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,022
- “folio” frequency rank
- #13,794
- “folk” frequency rank
- 32816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | folio | folk |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Feuillet, en parlant de registres, de manuscrits, etc., numérotés par feuillets, et non par pages. | Forme courte de musique folk. |
Where the eye mixes folio and folk
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between folio and folk
A purely visual mix-up. folio (\fɔ.ljo\) and folk (\fɔlk\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
folio is recorded at frequency rank #19,022, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ.ljo\. folk is at rank #13,794, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔlk\.
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 32816, this pair ranks #294,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of folio vs folk
Shared letters: flo. Private to "folio": i. Private to "folk": k.
"folio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "folk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "folio" and "folk" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "folio" vs "folk" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "folio" and "folk" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "folio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "folk" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "folio" and "folk" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Feld vs folk". 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 #294,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.