Which to use
“fouets” and “foyers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,094
- “fouets” frequency rank
- #6,617
- “foyers” frequency rank
- 55711
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fouets | foyers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de fouet. | Pluriel de foyer. |
Where the eye mixes fouets and foyers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fouets and foyers follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between fouets and foyers
A purely visual mix-up. fouets (\fwɛ\) and foyers (\fwa.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fouets is recorded at frequency rank #49,094, classified as anoun, pronounced \fwɛ\. foyers is at rank #6,617, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fwa.je\.
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 55711, this pair ranks #125,705 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fouets vs foyers
Shared letters: efos. Private to "fouets": tu. Private to "foyers": ry.
"fouets" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC · "foyers" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fouets" and "foyers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fouets" vs "foyers" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fouets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foyers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,705 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fouets" and "foyers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foies vs fouets". 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 #125,705 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.