Which to use
“fondés” and “fosses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,711
- “fondés” frequency rank
- #16,882
- “fosses” frequency rank
- 34593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fondés | fosses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de fondé. | Pluriel de fosse. |
Where the eye mixes fondés and fosses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fondés and fosses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: fondés vs fosses
A purely visual mix-up. fondés (\fɔ̃.de\) and fosses (\fos\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fondés is recorded at frequency rank #17,711, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃.de\. fosses is at rank #16,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fos\.
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 34593, this pair ranks #282,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fondés vs fosses
Shared letters: fos. Private to "fondés": dné. Private to "fosses": e.
"fondés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fosses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fosses ← ffosses · fosess · fossess · fossse · fsoses · ofsses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fondés" and "fosses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fondés" or "fosses"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fondés" and "fosses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fondés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fosses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fondés" and "fosses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fondés vs fondeurs". 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 #282,738 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.