ftvsFTTHConfusable pair

Which to use

“ft” and “FTTH” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,714
“ft” frequency rank
#45,063
“FTTH” frequency rank
62777
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ft FTTH
Definition feuillet. Architecture de réseau informatique, où le réseau de l'opérateur à base de fibre optique dessert chaque appartement.

Where the eye mixes ft and FTTH

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

2 ch
ft
4 ch
FTTH

Why the eye confuses ft with FTTH

A purely visual mix-up. ft (\fœ.jɛ\) and FTTH (\ɛf.te.te.aʃ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ft” sits inside “FTTH”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62777, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ft is recorded at frequency rank #17,714, classified as anoun, pronounced \fœ.jɛ\. FTTH is at rank #45,063, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛf.te.te.aʃ\.

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 62777, this pair ranks #85,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ft vs FTTH

Shared letters: ft. Private to "ft": -. Private to "FTTH": h.

"ft" · 2 letters · shape CC  ·  "FTTH" · 4 letters · shape CCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • FTTHfftth · fth · ftht · ftthh · tfth

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ft" for "FTTH" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\fœ.jɛ\ versus \ɛf.te.te.aʃ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ft" or "FTTH"?
"ft" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,714 in our French list, against #45,063 for "FTTH". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "FTTH" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ft" and "FTTH" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FH vs FTTH". 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 #85,351 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list