Which to use
“form” is a verb and “foy” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,370
- “form” frequency rank
- #14,677
- “foy” frequency rank
- 41047
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | form | foy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de formen. | rien, aucun problème. |
Letter map: form vs foy
Shared letters muted; letters that set form and foy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for form / foy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: form is averb and foyapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
form is recorded at frequency rank #26,370, classified as averb, pronounced \fɔʁm\. foy is at rank #14,677, tagged as apron.
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 41047, this pair ranks #235,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of form vs foy
Shared letters: fo. Private to "form": mr. Private to "foy": y.
"form" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "foy" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- form ← fform · fomr · formm · forrm · ofrm
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "form" and "foy" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "form" or "foy"?
What to do next
You've compared "form" and "foy". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "form" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "form" and "foy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "form 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 #235,939 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.