Which to use
“fil” is a noun and “fit” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,592
- “fil” frequency rank
- #21,187
- “fit” frequency rank
- 56779
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fil | fit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fio | em boa forma |
Letter map: fil vs fit
Shared letters muted; letters that set fil and fit apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. fil and fit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - fil and fit
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fil is anoun and fitanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “fil” becomes t in “fit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fil is recorded at frequency rank #35,592, classified as anoun, pronounced /fil/. 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 56779, this pair ranks #9,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fil vs fit
Shared letters: fi. Private to "fil": l. Private to "fit": t.
"fil" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "fit" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "fil" and "fit". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "fil" 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 #9,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fil" and "fit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fil vs filão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #9,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.