feder vs feet, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“feder” is a verb and “feet” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,150
“feder” frequency rank: #26,388
“feet” frequency rank: 65538
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	feder	feet
Definition	cheirar mal	plural de foot

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set feder and feet apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

feder

4 ch

feet

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feder is /fɨ.ˈdeɾ/ while feet is /fiːt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feder is recorded at frequency rank #39,150, classified as averb, pronounced /fɨ.ˈdeɾ/. feet is at rank #26,388, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fiːt/.

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 65538, this pair ranks #5,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of feder vs feet

Shared letters: ef. Private to "feder": dr. Private to "feet": t.

"feder" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "feet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

feder ← efder · fdeer · fedder · federr · fedre · feedr · ffeder
feet ← efet · feett · fet · fete · ffeet

Frequency comparison

feder#39,150

feet#26,388

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feder" and "feet" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feder" is a verb and "feet" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "feder" or "feet"?

"feet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,388 in our Portuguese list, against #39,150 for "feder". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering feder vs feet

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “feder”; for a noun, it's “feet”.
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