feetvsfortConfusable pair

Which to use

“feet” and “fort” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,388
“feet” frequency rank
#11,467
“fort” frequency rank
37855
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feet fort
Definition plural de foot forte

Letter map: feet vs fort

Shared letters muted; letters that set feet and fort apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. feet (CVVC) and fort (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
feet
4 ch
fort

Spelling & dictionary notes on feet vs fort

feet and fort are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37855, 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/. fort is at rank #11,467, tagged as anoun.

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 37855, this pair ranks #28,702 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feet vs fort

Shared letters: ft. Private to "feet": e. Private to "fort": or.

"feet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "fort" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feet ← efet · feett · fet · fete · ffeet
  • fort ← ffort · forrt · fortt · fotr · frot · ofrt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feet" and "fort" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "feet" vs "fort" - which ranks higher?
"fort" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,467 in our Portuguese list, against #26,388 for "feet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "feet" and "fort". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,702 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feet" and "fort" 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 #28,702 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list