fitvsfonWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“fit” and “fon” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,187
“fit” frequency rank
#44,372
“fon” frequency rank
65559
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fit fon
Definition em boa forma relativo à etnia dos fons

Letter map: fit vs fon

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

3 ch
fit
3 ch
fon

Pair insight - fit / fon

fit and fon are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fit is recorded at frequency rank #21,187, classified as anadj. fon is at rank #44,372, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfõ/.

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 65559, this pair ranks #5,322 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fit vs fon

Shared letters: f. Private to "fit": it. Private to "fon": no.

"fit" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "fon" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fit" and "fon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fit" or "fon" show up more?
"fit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,187 in our Portuguese list, against #44,372 for "fon". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "fit" and "fon". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,322 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fit" and "fon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fern vs fon". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #5,322 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