Which to use
“feel” and “feet” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,877
- “feel” frequency rank
- #26,388
- “feet” frequency rank
- 38265
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feel | feet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tato, sensação, percepção, impressão | plural de foot |
Where the eye mixes feel and feet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. feel and feet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses feel with feet
A purely visual mix-up. feel (/fiːl/) and feet (/fiːt/) 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 a single letter - l in “feel” becomes t in “feet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feel is recorded at frequency rank #11,877, classified as anoun, pronounced /fiːl/. 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 38265, this pair ranks #28,221 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feel vs feet
Shared letters: ef. Private to "feel": l. Private to "feet": t.
"feel" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "feet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feel" and "feet" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "feel" vs "feet" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "feel" and "feet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "feel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,221 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feel" and "feet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feet vs fern". 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 #28,221 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.