fetovsfitTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#13,082
“feto” frequency rank
#21,187
“fit” frequency rank
34269
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feto fit
Definition engravidar (alguém), fecundar, tornar frutífero em boa forma

Letter map: feto vs fit

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

4 ch
feto
3 ch
fit

Grammar separator: feto vs fit

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feto is averb and fitanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34269, 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/. 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 34269, this pair ranks #33,046 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feto vs fit

Shared letters: ft. Private to "feto": eo. Private to "fit": i.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fetoefto · feot · fetto · ffeto · fteo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feto" and "fit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feto" is a verb and "fit" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "feto" or "fit" show up more?
"feto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,082 in our Portuguese list, against #21,187 for "fit". 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 "feto" and "fit".

  • Full dictionary entry for "feto" 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 #33,046 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feto" and "fit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finta vs fit". 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 #33,046 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