Which to use
“feet” is a noun and “feto” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,388
- “feet” frequency rank
- #13,082
- “feto” frequency rank
- 39470
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feet | feto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural de foot | engravidar (alguém), fecundar, tornar frutífero |
Where the eye mixes feet and feto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. feet (CVVC) and feto (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: feet vs feto
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feet is /fiːt/ while feto is /ˈfeː.toː/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feet is recorded at frequency rank #26,388, classified as anoun, pronounced /fiːt/. 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 39470, this pair ranks #26,765 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feet vs feto
Shared letters: eft. Private to "feet": -. Private to "feto": o.
"feet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "feto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "feet" for "feto" ever safe?
Frequency check: "feet" vs "feto" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "feet" 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 #26,765 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feet" and "feto" 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 #26,765 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.