feitovsfitoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#328
“feito” frequency rank
#35,597
“fito” frequency rank
35925
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feito fito
Definition fabricado, produzido erguido, direito

Where the eye mixes feito and fito

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

5 ch
feito
4 ch
fito

Visual trap between feito and fito

A purely visual mix-up. feito (/ˈfɐj.tu/) and fito (/ˈfi.tu/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feito is recorded at frequency rank #328, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈfɐj.tu/. fito is at rank #35,597, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfi.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 35925, this pair ranks #31,015 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feito vs fito

Shared letters: fiot. Private to "feito": e. Private to "fito": -.

"feito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "fito" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feito ← efito · feiot · feitto · fetio · ffeito · fieto
  • fito ← ffito · fiot · fitto · ftio · ifto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feito" and "fito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈfɐj.tu/ versus /ˈfi.tu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "feito" vs "fito" - which ranks higher?
"feito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #328 in our Portuguese list, against #35,597 for "fito". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "feito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,015 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feito" and "fito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs fito". 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 #31,015 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