Which to use
“foncées” is a noun and “foncez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,951
- “foncées” frequency rank
- #27,444
- “foncez” frequency rank
- 63395
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foncées | foncez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de foncée. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de foncer. |
Same sound, different letters: foncées vs foncez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: foncées vs foncez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: foncées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foncées is recorded at frequency rank #35,951, 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 63395, this pair ranks #82,172 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of foncées vs foncez
Shared letters: cefno. Private to "foncées": sé. Private to "foncez": z.
"foncées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "foncez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- foncez ← ffoncez · fnocez · focnez · fonccez · foncezz · foncze · fonecz · fonncez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "foncées" / "foncez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "foncées" 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 #82,172 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foncées" and "foncez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foncées vs foulées". 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 #82,172 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.