faturavsfaturarWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#17,794
“fatura” frequency rank
#33,407
“faturar” frequency rank
51201
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fatura faturar
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Where the eye mixes fatura and faturar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fatura runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against faturar's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
fatura
7 ch
faturar

Look-alike desk: fatura vs faturar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fatura is /fa.ˈtu.ɾɐ/ while faturar is /fa.tu.ˈɾaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fatura” sits inside “faturar”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51201, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fatura is recorded at frequency rank #17,794, classified as anoun, pronounced /fa.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 51201, this pair ranks #13,794 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fatura vs faturar

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

"fatura" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "faturar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fatura ← aftura · fatrua · fattura · fatuar · faturra · fautra · ffatura · ftaura
  • faturar ← afturar · fatruar · fatturar · fatuarr · faturarr · faturrar · fautrar · ffaturar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fatura" and "faturar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fatura" is a noun and "faturar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fatura" vs "faturar" - which ranks higher?
"fatura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,794 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.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fatura" 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 #13,794 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fatura" and "faturar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fartura vs faturar". 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 #13,794 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