Which to use
“foncer” and “foncez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,428
- “foncer” frequency rank
- #27,444
- “foncez” frequency rank
- 44872
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foncer | foncez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Garnir d’un fond. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de foncer. |
Same sound, different letters: foncer vs foncez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. foncer and foncez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - foncer and foncez
This is the hard kind. foncer and foncez are pronounced identically (\fɔ̃.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “foncer” becomes z in “foncez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foncer is recorded at frequency rank #17,428, classified as averb, 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 44872, this pair ranks #207,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foncer vs foncez
Shared letters: cefno. Private to "foncer": r. Private to "foncez": z.
"foncer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "foncez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "foncer" for "foncez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "foncer" vs "foncez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"foncer" and "foncez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "foncer" 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 #207,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foncer" 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 #207,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.