Which to use
“falho” is an adjective and “filão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,663
- “falho” frequency rank
- #49,976
- “filão” frequency rank
- 73639
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | falho | filão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem falha | intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas |
Letter map: falho vs filão
Shared letters muted; letters that set falho and filão apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. falho (CVCCV) and filão (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for falho / filão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: falho is anadjective and filãoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
falho is recorded at frequency rank #23,663, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈfa.ʎu/. filão is at rank #49,976, 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 73639, this pair ranks #2,721 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of falho vs filão
Shared letters: flo. Private to "falho": ah. Private to "filão": iã.
"falho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "filão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- falho ← aflho · fahlo · falhho · fallho · faloh · ffalho · flaho
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "falho" and "filão" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "falho" vs "filão" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "falho" vs "filão" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "falho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,721 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "falho" and "filão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs finado". 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 #2,721 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.