Which to use
“fontes” is a noun and “fortis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,178
- “fontes” frequency rank
- #46,179
- “fortis” frequency rank
- 92357
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fontes | fortis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fourreau de cuir pour les pistolets. | Fort, robuste, solide, vigoureux, bien portant. |
Letter map: fontes vs fortis
Shared letters muted; letters that set fontes and fortis apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. fontes and fortis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - fontes and fortis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fontes is anoun and fortisanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92357, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fontes is recorded at frequency rank #46,178, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃t\. fortis is at rank #46,179, tagged as anadj.
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 92357, this pair ranks #3,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fontes vs fortis
Shared letters: fost. Private to "fontes": en. Private to "fortis": ir.
"fontes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fortis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "fontes" vs "fortis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "fontes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fortis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fontes" and "fortis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fortis vs furtifs". 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 #3,065 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.