farravsfatiaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#14,140
“farra” frequency rank
#12,249
“fatia” frequency rank
26389
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature farra fatia
Definition festa licenciosa; ver orgia pedaço de alimento cortado em forma de lâmina com alguma espessura

Where the eye mixes farra and fatia

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. farra (CVCCV) and fatia (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
farra
5 ch
fatia

Look-alike desk: farra vs fatia

A purely visual mix-up. farra (/ˈfa.Rɐ/) and fatia (/fɐ.ˈti.ɐ/) 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 26389, 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/. fatia is at rank #12,249, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fɐ.ˈti.ɐ/.

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 26389, this pair ranks #42,776 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of farra vs fatia

Shared letters: af. Private to "farra": r. Private to "fatia": it.

"farra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "fatia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • farra ← afrra · fara · farar · ffarra · frara
  • fatia ← aftia · faita · fatai · fattia · ffatia · ftaia

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "farra" for "fatia" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈfa.Rɐ/ versus /fɐ.ˈti.ɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "farra" or "fatia"?
"fatia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,249 in our Portuguese list, against #14,140 for "farra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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 "fatia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,776 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "farra" and "fatia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "farra vs fartar". 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 #42,776 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