Which to use
“falir” is a verb and “feliz” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,479
- “falir” frequency rank
- #406
- “feliz” frequency rank
- 27885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | falir | feliz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ir à falência, não ter como cumprir com suas obrigações financeiras | que sente ou transmite felicidade |
Letter map: falir vs feliz
Shared letters muted; letters that set falir and feliz apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for falir / feliz
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: falir is averb and felizanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
falir is recorded at frequency rank #27,479, classified as averb. feliz is at rank #406, tagged as anadj, pronounced /fe'lis/.
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 27885, this pair ranks #41,032 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of falir vs feliz
Shared letters: fil. Private to "falir": ar. Private to "feliz": ez.
"falir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "feliz" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "falir" and "feliz" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "falir" or "feliz"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "falir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feliz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,032 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "falir" and "feliz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faia vs falir". 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 #41,032 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.