Which to use
“fato” is a noun and “feio” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #475
- “fato” frequency rank
- #4,727
- “feio” frequency rank
- 5202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fato | feio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fato, roupas, vestimenta | não estético, horrendo |
Letter map: fato vs feio
Shared letters muted; letters that set fato and feio apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for fato / feio
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fato is anoun and feioanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fato is recorded at frequency rank #475, classified as anoun. feio is at rank #4,727, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfɐj.u/.
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 5202, this pair ranks #69,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fato vs feio
Shared letters: fo. Private to "fato": at. Private to "feio": ei.
"fato" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "feio" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fato" and "feio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fato" or "feio" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "fato" and "feio". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "fato" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fato" and "feio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feio vs fern". 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 #69,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.