Which to use
“fondé” and “froide” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,259
- “fondé” frequency rank
- #3,922
- “froide” frequency rank
- 7181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fondé | froide |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Justifié, qui s’appuie sur des faits. | Féminin singulier de froid. |
Where the eye mixes fondé and froide
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fondé vs froide
A purely visual mix-up. fondé (\fɔ̃.de\) and froide (\fʁwad\) 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 7181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fondé is recorded at frequency rank #3,259, classified as anadj, pronounced \fɔ̃.de\. froide is at rank #3,922, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fʁwad\.
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 7181, this pair ranks #423,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fondé vs froide
Shared letters: dfo. Private to "fondé": né. Private to "froide": eir.
"fondé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "froide" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- froide ← ffroide · foride · friode · frodie · froidde · froied · frroide · rfoide
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fondé" and "froide" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fondé" vs "froide" - 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 "fondé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "froide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fondé" and "froide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fétide vs froide". 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 #423,946 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.