Which to use
“forage” and “foraine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,625
- “forage” frequency rank
- #27,069
- “foraine” frequency rank
- 43694
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | forage | foraine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de forer ou résultat de cette action. | Entrepreneuse de spectacles et jeux divers sur les fêtes foraines. |
Where the eye mixes forage and foraine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. forage runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against foraine's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses forage with foraine
A purely visual mix-up. forage (\fɔ.ʁaʒ\) and foraine (\fɔ.ʁɛn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
forage is recorded at frequency rank #16,625, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ.ʁaʒ\. foraine is at rank #27,069, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔ.ʁɛn\.
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 43694, this pair ranks #216,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of forage vs foraine
Shared letters: aefor. Private to "forage": g. Private to "foraine": in.
"forage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "foraine" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "forage" and "foraine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "forage" or "foraine"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "forage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foraine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "forage" and "foraine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forain vs foraine". 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 #216,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.