farturavsfaturarConfusable pair

Quick tell: fartura is a noun, faturar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fartura” is a noun and “faturar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,668
“fartura” frequency rank
#33,407
“faturar” frequency rank
59075
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fartura faturar
Definition aquilo que é farto, que ocorre em abundância lucrar

Where the eye mixes fartura and faturar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fartura (CVCCVCV) and faturar (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
fartura
7 ch
faturar

Visual trap between fartura and faturar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fartura is /fɐɾ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/ while faturar is /fa.tu.ˈɾaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fartura is recorded at frequency rank #25,668, classified as anoun, pronounced /fɐɾ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. faturar is at rank #33,407, tagged as averb, pronounced /fa.tu.ˈɾaɾ/.

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 59075, this pair ranks #8,387 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fartura vs faturar

Shared letters: afrtu. Private to "fartura": -. Private to "faturar": -.

"fartura" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "faturar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • farturaafrtura · farrtura · fartrua · farttura · fartuar · farturra · farutra · fatrura
  • faturarafturar · fatruar · fatturar · fatuarr · faturarr · faturrar · fautrar · ffaturar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fartura" and "faturar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fartura" is a noun and "faturar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fartura" or "faturar"?
"fartura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,668 in our Portuguese list, against #33,407 for "faturar". 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 "fartura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "faturar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,387 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fartura" and "faturar" 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 #8,387 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