Which to use
“foll” and “fort” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,043
- “foll” frequency rank
- #380
- “fort” frequency rank
- 35423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foll | fort |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fou. | Costaud, robuste, vigoureux. |
Where the eye mixes foll and fort
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. foll and fort follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: foll vs fort
A purely visual mix-up. foll (\ˈfɔlː\) and fort (\fɔʁ\) 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 35423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foll is recorded at frequency rank #35,043, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈfɔlː\. fort is at rank #380, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fɔʁ\.
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 35423, this pair ranks #276,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foll vs fort
Shared letters: fo. Private to "foll": l. Private to "fort": rt.
"foll" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fort" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "foll" for "fort" ever safe?
Frequency check: "foll" vs "fort" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "foll" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foll" and "fort" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Feld vs foll". 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 #276,862 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.