Which to use
“foncée” is a noun and “foncez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,943
- “foncée” frequency rank
- #27,444
- “foncez” frequency rank
- 49387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foncée | foncez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gradin dans les carrières d’ardoise. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de foncer. |
Same sound, different letters: foncée vs foncez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. foncée (CVCCVV) and foncez (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: foncée vs foncez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: foncée and foncez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fɔ̃.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foncée is recorded at frequency rank #21,943, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃.se\. foncez is at rank #27,444, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɔ̃.se\.
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 49387, this pair ranks #171,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foncée vs foncez
Shared letters: cefno. Private to "foncée": é. Private to "foncez": z.
"foncée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "foncez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- foncez ← ffoncez · fnocez · focnez · fonccez · foncezz · foncze · fonecz · fonncez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foncée" and "foncez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "foncée" or "foncez"?
What to do next
"foncée" and "foncez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "foncée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foncez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foncée" and "foncez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foncez vs fronce". 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 #171,128 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.