furyvsfutTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#8,147
“fury” frequency rank
#44,798
“fut” frequency rank
52945
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fury fut
Definition Extreme anger. Alternative form of 'sfoot.

Letter map: fury vs fut

Shared letters muted; letters that set fury and fut apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. fury runs 4 letters (CVCV) against fut's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
fury
3 ch
fut

Part-of-speech tell for fury / fut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fury is anoun and futanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fury is recorded at frequency rank #8,147, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfjʊə.ɹi/. 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 52945, this pair ranks #152,915 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fury vs fut

Shared letters: fu. Private to "fury": ry. Private to "fut": t.

"fury" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "fut" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fury ← ffury · fruy · furyy · fuyr · ufry

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fury" for "fut" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fury" is a noun and "fut" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fury" or "fut"?
"fury" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,147 in our English list, against #44,798 for "fut". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "fury" vs "fut" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fury" 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 #152,915 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fury" 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 #152,915 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list