Which to use
“farto” is an adjective and “furto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,718
- “farto” frequency rank
- #16,779
- “furto” frequency rank
- 27497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | farto | furto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | repleto, cheio | o ato de furtar |
Letter map: farto vs furto
Shared letters muted; letters that set farto and furto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. farto and furto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for farto / furto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: farto is anadjective and furtoanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “farto” becomes u in “furto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
farto is recorded at frequency rank #10,718, classified as anadj. furto is at rank #16,779, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfuɾ.tu/.
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 27497, this pair ranks #41,455 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of farto vs furto
Shared letters: fort. Private to "farto": a. Private to "furto": u.
"farto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "furto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "farto" and "furto" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "farto" vs "furto" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "farto" and "furto".
- Full dictionary entry for "farto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "furto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,455 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "farto" and "furto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fartar vs farto". 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 #41,455 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.