Which to use
“feet” and “fey” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,431
- “feet” frequency rank
- #46,760
- “fey” frequency rank
- 90191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feet | fey |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de foot. | Cône. |
Where the eye mixes feet and fey
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: feet vs fey
A purely visual mix-up. feet (\fiːt\) and fey (\fɛj\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feet is recorded at frequency rank #43,431, classified as anoun, pronounced \fiːt\. fey is at rank #46,760, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɛj\.
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 90191, this pair ranks #5,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of feet vs fey
Shared letters: ef. Private to "feet": t. Private to "fey": y.
"feet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fey" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- feet ← feett · fet · ffeet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feet" and "fey" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "feet" or "fey"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "feet" and "fey" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "feet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fey" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feet" and "fey" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs fey". 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 #5,046 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.