farto vs feto, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“farto” is an adjective and “feto” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,718
“farto” frequency rank: #13,082
“feto” frequency rank: 23800
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	farto	feto
Definition	repleto, cheio	engravidar (alguém), fecundar, tornar frutífero

Letter map: farto vs feto

Shared letters muted; letters that set farto and feto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

farto

4 ch

feto

Grammar separator: farto vs feto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: farto is anadjective and fetoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23800, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

farto is recorded at frequency rank #10,718, classified as anadj. feto is at rank #13,082, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈfeː.toː/.

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 23800, this pair ranks #45,944 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of farto vs feto

Shared letters: fot. Private to "farto": ar. Private to "feto": e.

"farto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "feto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

farto ← afrto · farot · farrto · fartto · ffarto · frato
feto ← efto · feot · fetto · ffeto · fteo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "farto" for "feto" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "farto" is an adjective and "feto" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "farto" or "feto"?

"farto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,718 in our Portuguese list, against #13,082 for "feto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "farto" and "feto".

Full dictionary entry for "farto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "feto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #45,944 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"farto" and "feto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feltro vs feto". 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 #45,944 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.