Which to use
“foot” and “ft” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,823
- “foot” frequency rank
- #17,714
- “ft” frequency rank
- 20537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foot | ft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Football. | feuillet. |
Where the eye mixes foot and ft
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses foot with ft
A purely visual mix-up. foot (\fut\) and ft (\fœ.jɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foot is recorded at frequency rank #2,823, classified as anoun, pronounced \fut\. ft is at rank #17,714, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fœ.jɛ\.
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 20537, this pair ranks #367,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of foot vs ft
Shared letters: ft. Private to "foot": o. Private to "ft": -.
"foot" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "ft" · 2 letters · shape CC
Known mistypes of this pair
- foot ← ffoot · foott · fot · foto · ofot
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foot" and "ft" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "foot" vs "ft" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "foot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foot" and "ft" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs ft". 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 #367,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.