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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.
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": tû.
"Fuchs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "fûts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Fuchs ← fcuhs · ffuchs · fucchs · fuchhs · fuchss · fucsh · fuhcs · ufchs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Fuchs" and "fûts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Fuchs" or "fûts"?
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.