Which to use
“fork” is a noun and “fout” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,769
- “fork” frequency rank
- #3,403
- “fout” frequency rank
- 50172
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fork | fout |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Appel système du système UNIX qui duplique un processus existant. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de foutre. |
Letter map: fork vs fout
Shared letters muted; letters that set fork and fout apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. fork (CVCC) and fout (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for fork / fout
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fork is anoun and foutaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50172, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fork is recorded at frequency rank #46,769, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔʁk\. 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 50172, this pair ranks #164,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fork vs fout
Shared letters: fo. Private to "fork": kr. Private to "fout": tu.
"fork" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fout" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fork" and "fout" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fork" vs "fout" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "fork" vs "fout" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "fork" 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 #164,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fork" and "fout" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fork vs FPR". 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 #164,727 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.