Which to use
“FET” is a name and “font” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,696
- “FET” frequency rank
- #9,611
- “font” frequency rank
- 50307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | FET | font |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ellipsis of FET y de las JONS, a political party in Francoist Spain. | A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism. |
Letter map: FET vs font
Shared letters muted; letters that set FET and font apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - FET and font
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: FET is aname and fontanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
FET is recorded at frequency rank #40,696, classified as aname. font is at rank #9,611, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fɒnt/.
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 50307, this pair ranks #175,491 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of FET vs font
Shared letters: ft. Private to "FET": e. Private to "font": no.
"FET" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "font" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- font ← ffont · fnot · fonnt · fontt · fotn · ofnt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "FET" for "font" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "FET" or "font" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "FET" and "font".
- Full dictionary entry for "FET" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "font" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,491 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "FET" and "font" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "FET vs foh". 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 #175,491 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.