fetovsfewWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: feto is a verb, few is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“feto” is a verb and “few” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,082
“feto” frequency rank
#38,283
“few” frequency rank
51365
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feto few
Definition engravidar (alguém), fecundar, tornar frutífero pouco; poucos

Letter map: feto vs few

Shared letters muted; letters that set feto and few apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
feto
3 ch
few

Role in the sentence - feto and few

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feto is averb and fewanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feto is recorded at frequency rank #13,082, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈfeː.toː/. few is at rank #38,283, 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 51365, this pair ranks #13,666 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of feto vs few

Shared letters: ef. Private to "feto": ot. Private to "few": w.

"feto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "few" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fetoefto · feot · fetto · ffeto · fteo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feto" and "few" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feto" is a verb and "few" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "feto" or "few" show up more?
"feto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,082 in our Portuguese list, against #38,283 for "few". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "feto" vs "few" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "few" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,666 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feto" and "few" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fern vs few". 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 #13,666 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