Which to use
“fit” is an adjective and “fruit” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,187
- “fit” frequency rank
- #34,730
- “fruit” frequency rank
- 55917
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fit | fruit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em boa forma | fruto |
Letter map: fit vs fruit
Shared letters muted; letters that set fit and fruit apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. fit runs 3 letters (CVC) against fruit's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - fit and fruit
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fit is anadjective and fruitanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fit is recorded at frequency rank #21,187, classified as anadj. fruit is at rank #34,730, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fʁɥi/.
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 55917, this pair ranks #10,307 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fit vs fruit
Shared letters: fit. Private to "fit": -. Private to "fruit": ru.
"fit" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "fruit" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fruit ← ffruit · friut · frruit · fruitt · fruti · furit · rfuit
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fit" for "fruit" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fit" or "fruit" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "fit" vs "fruit" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "fit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fruit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,307 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fit" and "fruit" 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 #10,307 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.