Which to use
“facto” is a noun and “fraco” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,780
- “facto” frequency rank
- #3,401
- “fraco” frequency rank
- 5181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facto | fraco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | coisa realizada: ato, feito | sem força |
Where the eye mixes facto and fraco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: facto vs fraco
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: facto is /ˈfak.tu/ while fraco is /ˈfɾa.ku/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
facto is recorded at frequency rank #1,780, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfak.tu/. fraco is at rank #3,401, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfɾa.ku/.
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 5181, this pair ranks #69,507 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of facto vs fraco
Shared letters: acfo. Private to "facto": t. Private to "fraco": r.
"facto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fraco" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "facto" and "fraco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "facto" vs "fraco" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "facto" and "fraco" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "facto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fraco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,507 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facto" and "fraco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fosco vs fraco". 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 #69,507 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.