# foo vs food

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### foo
*noun · IPA \fu\ · frequency rank #43,447*
Variable métasyntaxique en programmation informatique.

### food
*noun · IPA \fuːd\ · frequency rank #8,110*
Nourriture.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/foo-vs-food