farturavsfraturaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#25,668
“fartura” frequency rank
#13,744
“fratura” frequency rank
39412
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fartura fratura
Definition aquilo que é farto, que ocorre em abundância ruptura, quebra, ato de fraturar

Letter map: fartura vs fratura

Shared letters muted; letters that set fartura and fratura apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. fartura (CVCCVCV) and fratura (CCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
fartura
7 ch
fratura

Pair insight - fartura / fratura

fartura and fratura are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (ar ↔ ra) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39412, 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/. fratura is at rank #13,744, tagged as anoun.

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 39412, this pair ranks #26,848 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fartura vs fratura

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

"fartura" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "fratura" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fartura ← afrtura · farrtura · fartrua · farttura · fartuar · farturra · farutra · fatrura
  • fratura ← ffratura · fratrua · frattura · fratuar · fraturra · frautra · frratura · frtaura

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fartura" for "fratura" ever safe?
No. They differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (ar ↔ ra) - a transposition the eye reads straight past, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fartura" or "fratura" show up more?
"fratura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,744 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "fartura" vs "fratura" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fartura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fratura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,848 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fartura" and "fratura" 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 #26,848 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