fuckvsfuiConfusable pair

Quick tell: fuck is a intj, fui is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fuck” is an intj and “fui” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,337
“fuck” frequency rank
#365
“fui” frequency rank
24702
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fuck fui
Definition expressa descontentamento, consternação, surpresa ou prazer primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito simples do indicativo do verbo ir:

Letter map: fuck vs fui

Shared letters muted; letters that set fuck and fui apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
fuck
3 ch
fui

Grammar separator: fuck vs fui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fuck is anintj and fuiaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fuck is recorded at frequency rank #24,337, classified as anintj. fui is at rank #365, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈfuj/.

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 24702, this pair ranks #44,842 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fuck vs fui

Shared letters: fu. Private to "fuck": ck. Private to "fui": i.

"fuck" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "fui" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fuckfcuk · ffuck · fucck · fuckk · fukc · ufck

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fuck" and "fui" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fuck" is an intj and "fui" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fuck" or "fui"?
"fui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #365 in our Portuguese list, against #24,337 for "fuck". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "fuck" vs "fui" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fuck" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,842 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fuck" and "fui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fuck vs fume". 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 #44,842 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