faturarvsfraturaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#33,407
“faturar” frequency rank
#13,744
“fratura” frequency rank
47151
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature faturar fratura
Definition lucrar ruptura, quebra, ato de fraturar

Letter map: faturar vs fratura

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

7 ch
faturar
7 ch
fratura

Role in the sentence - faturar and fratura

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: faturar is averb and fraturaanoun. On the page they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47151, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

faturar is recorded at frequency rank #33,407, classified as averb, pronounced /fa.tu.ˈɾaɾ/. 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 47151, this pair ranks #18,124 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of faturar vs fratura

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

"faturar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "fratura" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • faturar ← afturar · fatruar · fatturar · fatuarr · faturarr · faturrar · fautrar · ffaturar
  • fratura ← ffratura · fratrua · frattura · fratuar · fraturra · frautra · frratura · frtaura

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "faturar" for "fratura" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "faturar" is a verb and "fratura" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "faturar" 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 #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

You've compared "faturar" and "fratura". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "faturar" 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 #18,124 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "faturar" and "fratura" 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 #18,124 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