fut
"fut" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fut” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #44,798) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #44,798
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of 'sfoot.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fut · fut · English
fut · rank #44,798 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,798
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH gameday
Nearest frequency peer: gameday (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “fut”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- Freda
Freda
55,207 corpus weight
- fut
fut
55,203 corpus weight
- gameday
gameday
55,201 corpus weight
- garnished
garnished
55,200 corpus weight
- gastronomy
gastronomy
55,199 corpus weight
- genteel
genteel
55,194 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “fut” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fut |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #44,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “fut”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for fut is neighbouring look-alikes ("FW", "fy", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection. Frequency #44,798 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Gloss: "Alternative form of 'sfoot.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fut, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FW", "fy", "FYI", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Truncation of God's foot The correct English form is fut, spelled F-U-T.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of 'sfoot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nay, pre-thee, fut, feere not, he's no edge-toole; you may jest with him.
My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail, and my nativity was under Ursa Major; so that it follows, I am rough and lecherous. Fut, I should have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in th firmament twinkled on my bastardizing.
Etymology
Truncation of God's foot
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).