FuchsvsfûtsWhich spelling fits?

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

#41,300
“Fuchs” frequency rank
#21,949
“fûts” frequency rank
63249
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fuchs fûts
Definition Renard (animal). Pluriel de fût.

Where the eye mixes Fuchs and fûts

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

5 ch
Fuchs
4 ch
fûts

Look-alike desk: Fuchs vs fûts

A purely visual mix-up. Fuchs (\fʊks\) and fûts (\fy\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fuchs is recorded at frequency rank #41,300, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʊks\. fûts is at rank #21,949, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fy\.

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 63249, this pair ranks #82,945 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Fuchs vs fûts

Shared letters: fs. Private to "Fuchs": chu. Private to "fûts": .

"Fuchs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "fûts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fuchsfcuhs · ffuchs · fucchs · fuchhs · fuchss · fucsh · fuhcs · ufchs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Fuchs" and "fûts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\fʊks\ versus \fy\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Fuchs" or "fûts"?
"fûts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,949 in our French list, against #41,300 for "Fuchs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Fuchs" and "fûts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Fuchs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fûts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #82,945 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fuchs" and "fûts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fichus vs Fuchs". 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 #82,945 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