Which to use
“fist” is a noun and “fut” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,423
- “fist” frequency rank
- #44,798
- “fut” frequency rank
- 53221
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fist | fut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward. | Alternative form of 'sfoot. |
Letter map: fist vs fut
Shared letters muted; letters that set fist and fut apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. fist runs 4 letters (CVCC) against fut's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for fist / fut
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fist is anoun and futanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53221, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fist is recorded at frequency rank #8,423, classified as anoun, pronounced /fɪst/. fut is at rank #44,798, tagged as anintj.
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 53221, this pair ranks #150,788 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fist vs fut
Shared letters: ft. Private to "fist": is. Private to "fut": u.
"fist" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fut" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fist ← ffist · fisst · fistt · fsit · ifst
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fist" for "fut" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "fist" or "fut" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "fist" vs "fut" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "fist" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,788 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fist" and "fut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foh vs fut". 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 #150,788 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.