Which to use
“food” and “fort” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,772
- “food” frequency rank
- #11,467
- “fort” frequency rank
- 19239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | food | fort |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | alimento | forte |
Letter map: food vs fort
Shared letters muted; letters that set food and fort apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. food (CVVC) and fort (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Pair insight - food / fort
food and fort 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 19239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
food is recorded at frequency rank #7,772, classified as anoun, pronounced /fud/. fort is at rank #11,467, tagged as anoun.
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 19239, this pair ranks #51,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of food vs fort
Shared letters: fo. Private to "food": d. Private to "fort": rt.
"food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fort" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "food" and "fort" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "food" vs "fort" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "food" and "fort". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "food" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "food" and "fort" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fern vs fort". 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 #51,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.