feiçãovsfeitoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: feição is a noun, feito is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“feição” is a noun and “feito” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,590
“feição” frequency rank
#328
“feito” frequency rank
35918
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feição feito
Definition figura fabricado, produzido

Where the eye mixes feição and feito

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. feição runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against feito's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
feição
5 ch
feito

Why the eye confuses feição with feito

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feição is /fɐj.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while feito is /ˈfɐj.tu/. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feição is recorded at frequency rank #35,590, classified as anoun, pronounced /fɐj.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. feito is at rank #328, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfɐj.tu/.

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 35918, this pair ranks #31,023 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feição vs feito

Shared letters: efio. Private to "feição": ãç. Private to "feito": t.

"feição" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "feito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feito ← efito · feiot · feitto · fetio · ffeito · fieto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feição" and "feito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feição" is a noun and "feito" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "feição" vs "feito" - which ranks higher?
"feito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #328 in our Portuguese list, against #35,590 for "feição". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "feito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,023 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feição" and "feito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feição vs filão". 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 #31,023 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