confiavsconfusaConfusable pair

Quick tell: confia is a verb, confusa is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“confia” is a verb and “confusa” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,927
“confia” frequency rank
#7,262
“confusa” frequency rank
13189
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature confia confusa
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo confiar feminino de confuso

Letter map: confia vs confusa

Shared letters muted; letters that set confia and confusa apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. confia runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against confusa's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
confia
7 ch
confusa

Grammar separator: confia vs confusa

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: confia is averb and confusaanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

confia is recorded at frequency rank #5,927, classified as averb. confusa is at rank #7,262, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kõˈfu.zɐ/.

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 13189, this pair ranks #59,247 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of confia vs confusa

Shared letters: acfno. Private to "confia": i. Private to "confusa": su.

"confia" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "confusa" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • confia ← cconfia · cnofia · cofnia · confai · conffia · conifa · connfia · ocnfia
  • confusa ← cconfusa · cnofusa · cofnusa · conffusa · confsua · confuas · confussa · connfusa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "confia" and "confusa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "confia" is a verb and "confusa" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "confia" or "confusa"?
"confia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,927 in our Portuguese list, against #7,262 for "confusa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "confia" and "confusa". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "confia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "confusa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,247 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "confia" and "confusa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conca vs confia". 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 #59,247 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