feasvsfetosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: feas is a adjective, fetos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“feas” is an adjective and “fetos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,154
“feas” frequency rank
#33,124
“fetos” frequency rank
45278
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feas fetos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de feo. Forma del plural de feto.

Where the eye mixes feas and fetos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
feas
5 ch
fetos

Visual trap between feas and fetos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feas is [ˈfeas] while fetos is [ˈfet̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feas is recorded at frequency rank #12,154, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfeas]. fetos is at rank #33,124, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfet̪os].

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 45278, this pair ranks #132,366 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feas vs fetos

Shared letters: efs. Private to "feas": a. Private to "fetos": ot.

"feas" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "fetos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feasefas · feass · fesa · ffeas
  • fetoseftos · feots · fetoss · fetso · fettos · ffetos · fteos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feas" and "fetos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feas" is an adjective and "fetos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "feas" or "fetos"?
"feas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,154 in our Spanish list, against #33,124 for "fetos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "feas" and "fetos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fetos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,366 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feas" and "fetos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fetos vs filos". 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 #132,366 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list