Which to use
“fort” is an adjective and “fuit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #380
- “fort” frequency rank
- #10,007
- “fuit” frequency rank
- 10387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fort | fuit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Costaud, robuste, vigoureux. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe fuir. |
Where the eye mixes fort and fuit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fort vs fuit
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fort is \fɔʁ\ while fuit is \fɥi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fort is recorded at frequency rank #380, classified as anadj, pronounced \fɔʁ\. fuit is at rank #10,007, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɥi\.
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 10387, this pair ranks #413,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fort vs fuit
Shared letters: ft. Private to "fort": or. Private to "fuit": iu.
"fort" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fuit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fort" for "fuit" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fort" vs "fuit" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fort" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fuit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fort" and "fuit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FIV vs fuit". 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 #413,185 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.