Which to use
“feijó” is a noun and “feito” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,554
- “feijó” frequency rank
- #328
- “feito” frequency rank
- 30882
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feijó | feito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris) | fabricado, produzido |
Where the eye mixes feijó and feito
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. feijó and feito follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: feijó vs feito
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feijó is /'fei.'ʃɔ/ while feito is /ˈfɐj.tu/. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feijó is recorded at frequency rank #30,554, classified as anoun, pronounced /'fei.'ʃɔ/. 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 30882, this pair ranks #37,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feijó vs feito
Shared letters: efi. Private to "feijó": jó. Private to "feito": ot.
"feijó" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "feito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- feito ← efito · feiot · feitto · fetio · ffeito · fieto
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feijó" and "feito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "feijó" or "feito"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "feijó" and "feito" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "feijó" 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 #37,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feijó" and "feito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feijó vs feioso". 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 #37,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.