Which to use
“front” and “fruit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,393
- “front” frequency rank
- #3,262
- “fruit” frequency rank
- 4655
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | front | fruit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie antérieure de quelque chose. → voir de front | Organe des angiospermes, résultant du développement de l’ovaire après la fécondation, contenant une ou plusieurs graines, et jouant un rôle dans leur dissémination. |
Where the eye mixes front and fruit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses front with fruit
A purely visual mix-up. front (\fʁɔ̃\) and fruit (\fʁɥi\) 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 4655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
front is recorded at frequency rank #1,393, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁɔ̃\. fruit is at rank #3,262, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁɥi\.
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 4655, this pair ranks #431,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of front vs fruit
Shared letters: frt. Private to "front": no. Private to "fruit": iu.
"front" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "fruit" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "front" and "fruit" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "front" vs "fruit" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "front" and "fruit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "front" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fruit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "front" and "fruit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fronce vs front". 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 #431,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.