farravsfarturaConfusable pair

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“farra” and “fartura” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,140
“farra” frequency rank
#25,668
“fartura” frequency rank
39808
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature farra fartura
Definition festa licenciosa; ver orgia aquilo que é farto, que ocorre em abundância

Where the eye mixes farra and fartura

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. farra runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fartura's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
farra
7 ch
fartura

Look-alike desk: farra vs fartura

A purely visual mix-up. farra (/ˈfa.Rɐ/) and fartura (/fɐɾ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

farra is recorded at frequency rank #14,140, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfa.Rɐ/. fartura is at rank #25,668, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fɐɾ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/.

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 39808, this pair ranks #26,392 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of farra vs fartura

Shared letters: afr. Private to "farra": -. Private to "fartura": tu.

"farra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "fartura" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • farraafrra · fara · farar · ffarra · frara
  • farturaafrtura · farrtura · fartrua · farttura · fartuar · farturra · farutra · fatrura

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "farra" and "fartura" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈfa.Rɐ/ versus /fɐɾ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "farra" or "fartura"?
"farra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,140 in our Portuguese list, against #25,668 for "fartura". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "farra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fartura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,392 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "farra" and "fartura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fartar vs fartura". 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 #26,392 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