Which to use
“fons” and “fonts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,445
- “fons” frequency rank
- #39,304
- “fonts” frequency rank
- 82749
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fons | fonts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fonds (patrimoine). | Pluriel de font. |
Letter map: fons vs fonts
Shared letters muted; letters that set fons and fonts apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. fons runs 4 letters (CVCC) against fonts's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: fons and fonts
fons and fonts are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fons is recorded at frequency rank #43,445, classified as anoun. fonts is at rank #39,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃\.
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 82749, this pair ranks #16,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fons vs fonts
Shared letters: fnos. Private to "fons": -. Private to "fonts": t.
"fons" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fonts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fons" and "fonts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fons" or "fonts"?
What to do next
You've compared "fons" and "fonts". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "fons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fonts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fons" and "fonts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foins vs fons". 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 #16,106 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.