Which to use
“foncées” and “fontes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,951
- “foncées” frequency rank
- #46,178
- “fontes” frequency rank
- 82129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foncées | fontes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de foncée. | Fourreau de cuir pour les pistolets. |
Where the eye mixes foncées and fontes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. foncées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against fontes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: foncées vs fontes
A purely visual mix-up. foncées (\fɔ̃.se\) and fontes (\fɔ̃t\) 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 82129, 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\. fontes is at rank #46,178, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃t\.
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 82129, this pair ranks #17,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of foncées vs fontes
Shared letters: efnos. Private to "foncées": cé. Private to "fontes": t.
"foncées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "fontes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fontes ← ffontes · fnotes · fonets · fonntes · fontess · fontse · fonttes · fotnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "foncées" and "fontes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "foncées" or "fontes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "foncées" and "fontes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "foncées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fontes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foncées" and "fontes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foies vs fontes". 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 #17,360 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.