feetvsflotWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“feet” and “flot” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,431
“feet” frequency rank
#11,221
“flot” frequency rank
54652
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feet flot
Definition Pluriel de foot. Masse liquide en mouvement.

Where the eye mixes feet and flot

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
feet
4 ch
flot

Why the eye confuses feet with flot

A purely visual mix-up. feet (\fiːt\) and flot (\flo\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54652, 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\. flot is at rank #11,221, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flo\.

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 54652, this pair ranks #132,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feet vs flot

Shared letters: ft. Private to "feet": e. Private to "flot": lo.

"feet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "flot" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feetfeett · fet · ffeet
  • flotfflot · fllot · flott · flto · folt · lfot

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feet" and "flot" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\fiːt\ versus \flo\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "feet" or "flot"?
"flot" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,221 in our French list, against #43,431 for "feet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "feet" and "flot" 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 "flot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feet" and "flot" 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 #132,591 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list