Which to use
“fortis” is an adjective and “foutais” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,179
- “fortis” frequency rank
- #28,175
- “foutais” frequency rank
- 74354
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fortis | foutais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fort, robuste, solide, vigoureux, bien portant. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de foutre. |
Letter map: fortis vs foutais
Shared letters muted; letters that set fortis and foutais apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. fortis runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against foutais's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for fortis / foutais
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fortis is anadjective and foutaisaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fortis is recorded at frequency rank #46,179, classified as anadj. foutais is at rank #28,175, tagged as averb, pronounced \fu.tɛ\.
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 74354, this pair ranks #37,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fortis vs foutais
Shared letters: fiost. Private to "fortis": r. Private to "foutais": au.
"fortis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "foutais" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fortis" and "foutais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fortis" vs "foutais" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fortis" and "foutais".
- Full dictionary entry for "fortis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foutais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fortis" and "foutais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fortis vs furtifs". 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 #37,424 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.