felvsfitTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#42,931
“fel” frequency rank
#21,187
“fit” frequency rank
64118
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fel fit
Definition bile, bílis em boa forma

Letter map: fel vs fit

Shared letters muted; letters that set fel and fit apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. fel and fit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch
fel
3 ch
fit

Role in the sentence - fel and fit

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fel is anoun and fitanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fel is recorded at frequency rank #42,931, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɛɫ/. fit is at rank #21,187, tagged as anadj.

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 64118, this pair ranks #5,908 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fel vs fit

Shared letters: f. Private to "fel": el. Private to "fit": it.

"fel" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "fit" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fel" and "fit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fel" is a noun and "fit" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fel" or "fit"?
"fit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,187 in our Portuguese list, against #42,931 for "fel". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fel" and "fit".

  • Full dictionary entry for "fel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,908 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fel" and "fit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fel vs fern". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #5,908 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