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“fada” and “falo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,188
- “fada” frequency rank
- #2,050
- “falo” frequency rank
- 12238
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fada | falo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | entidade imaginária feminina e voadora, com poderes mágicos | símbolo da fertilidade de alguns povos da antiguidade |
Where the eye mixes fada and falo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fada vs falo
A purely visual mix-up. fada (/ˈfa.dɐ/) and falo (/ˈfa.lu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12238, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fada is recorded at frequency rank #10,188, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfa.dɐ/. falo is at rank #2,050, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfa.lu/.
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 12238, this pair ranks #60,429 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fada vs falo
Shared letters: af. Private to "fada": d. Private to "falo": lo.
"fada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "falo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fada" and "falo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fada" or "falo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fada" and "falo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "falo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,429 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fada" and "falo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fada vs fava". 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 #60,429 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.