Which to use
“font” is a noun and “fout” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #281
- “font” frequency rank
- #3,403
- “fout” frequency rank
- 3684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | font | fout |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ou Source, fontaine. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de foutre. |
Letter map: font vs fout
Shared letters muted; letters that set font and fout apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: font is anoun and foutaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - n in “font” becomes u in “fout”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
font is recorded at frequency rank #281, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃\. fout is at rank #3,403, tagged as averb.
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 3684, this pair ranks #433,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of font vs fout
Shared letters: fot. Private to "font": n. Private to "fout": u.
"font" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fout" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "font" and "fout" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "font" or "fout"?
What to do next
You've compared "font" and "fout". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "font" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fout" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "font" and "fout" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouets vs fout". 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
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