Which to use
“foy” is a pronoun and “from” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,677
- “foy” frequency rank
- #5,135
- “from” frequency rank
- 19812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foy | from |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | rien, aucun problème. | De. |
Letter map: foy vs from
Shared letters muted; letters that set foy and from apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - foy and from
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foy is apronoun and fromapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foy is recorded at frequency rank #14,677, classified as apron. from is at rank #5,135, tagged as aprep, pronounced \frɒm\.
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 19812, this pair ranks #371,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of foy vs from
Shared letters: fo. Private to "foy": y. Private to "from": mr.
"foy" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "from" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- from ← ffrom · frmo · fromm · frrom · rfom
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "foy" for "from" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "foy" or "from" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "foy" and "from". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "foy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "from" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foy" and "from" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs foy". 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 #371,423 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.