Which to use
“fonts” and “front” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,304
- “fonts” frequency rank
- #1,393
- “front” frequency rank
- 40697
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fonts | front |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de font. | Partie antérieure de quelque chose. → voir de front |
Where the eye mixes fonts and front
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fonts vs front
A purely visual mix-up. fonts (\fɔ̃\) and front (\fʁɔ̃\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fonts is recorded at frequency rank #39,304, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃\. front is at rank #1,393, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁɔ̃\.
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 40697, this pair ranks #238,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fonts vs front
Shared letters: fnot. Private to "fonts": s. Private to "front": r.
"fonts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "front" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fonts" for "front" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fonts" vs "front" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fonts" and "front" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fonts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "front" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fonts" and "front" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fonts vs fouets". 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 #238,587 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.