fitvsfitaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#21,187
“fit” frequency rank
#3,905
“fita” frequency rank
25092
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fit fita
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Letter map: fit vs fita

Shared letters muted; letters that set fit and fita apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. fit runs 3 letters (CVC) against fita's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
fit
4 ch
fita

Role in the sentence - fit and fita

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fit is anadjective and fitaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fit” sits inside “fita”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fit is recorded at frequency rank #21,187, classified as anadj. fita is at rank #3,905, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfi.tɐ/.

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 25092, this pair ranks #44,307 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fit vs fita

Shared letters: fit. Private to "fit": -. Private to "fita": a.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fita ← ffita · fiat · fitta · ftia · ifta

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fit" and "fita" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fit" is an adjective and "fita" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fit" vs "fita" - which ranks higher?
"fita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,905 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "fit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,307 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fit" and "fita" 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 #44,307 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