footvsfutWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: foot is a noun, fut is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“foot” is a noun and “fut” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,426
“foot” frequency rank
#44,798
“fut” frequency rank
46224
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature foot fut
Definition A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. Alternative form of 'sfoot.

Letter map: foot vs fut

Shared letters muted; letters that set foot and fut apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
foot
3 ch
fut

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foot is anoun and futanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

foot is recorded at frequency rank #1,426, classified as anoun, pronounced /fʊt/. 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 46224, this pair ranks #213,816 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of foot vs fut

Shared letters: ft. Private to "foot": o. Private to "fut": u.

"foot" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "fut" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • footffoot · foott · fot · foto · ofot

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "foot" and "fut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "foot" is a noun and "fut" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "foot" or "fut"?
"foot" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,426 in our English list, against #44,798 for "fut". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list