Which to use
“feet” and “fez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,431
- “feet” frequency rank
- #35,037
- “fez” frequency rank
- 78468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feet | fez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de foot. | Couvre-chef de laine rouge ou blanche, qui a remplacé le turban dans de nombreuses communautés musulmanes. |
Where the eye mixes feet and fez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. feet runs 4 letters (CVVC) against fez's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: feet vs fez
A purely visual mix-up. feet (\fiːt\) and fez (\fɛz\) 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 78468, 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\. fez is at rank #35,037, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɛz\.
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 78468, this pair ranks #25,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of feet vs fez
Shared letters: ef. Private to "feet": t. Private to "fez": z.
"feet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fez" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- feet ← feett · fet · ffeet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feet" and "fez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "feet" or "fez" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "feet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feet" and "fez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs feet". 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 #25,652 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.