Which to use
“fut” is an intj and “futon” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,798
- “fut” frequency rank
- #49,345
- “futon” frequency rank
- 94143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fut | futon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative form of 'sfoot. | A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed. |
Letter map: fut vs futon
Shared letters muted; letters that set fut and futon apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. fut runs 3 letters (CVC) against futon's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for fut / futon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fut is anintj and futonanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “fut” sits inside “futon”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fut is recorded at frequency rank #44,798, classified as anintj. futon is at rank #49,345, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfuːtɒn/.
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 94143, this pair ranks #1,525 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fut vs futon
Shared letters: ftu. Private to "fut": -. Private to "futon": no.
"fut" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "futon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- futon ← ffuton · ftuon · fuotn · futno · futonn · futton · ufton
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "fut" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "futon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,525 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fut" and "futon" 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 #1,525 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.