Which to use
“fazemos” and “fazeres” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,399
- “fazemos” frequency rank
- #28,201
- “fazeres” frequency rank
- 31600
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fazemos | fazeres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo fazer | segunda pessoa do singular do infinitivo pessoal do verbo fazer |
Where the eye mixes fazemos and fazeres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fazemos and fazeres follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between fazemos and fazeres
A purely visual mix-up. fazemos (/fa'ze.mos/) and fazeres (/faˈze.ɾes/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fazemos is recorded at frequency rank #3,399, classified as averb, pronounced /fa'ze.mos/. fazeres is at rank #28,201, tagged as averb, pronounced /faˈze.ɾes/.
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 31600, this pair ranks #36,433 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fazemos vs fazeres
Shared letters: aefsz. Private to "fazemos": mo. Private to "fazeres": r.
"fazemos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "fazeres" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fazemos" and "fazeres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fazemos" or "fazeres" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fazemos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fazeres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,433 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fazemos" and "fazeres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fazeres vs fazermos". 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 #36,433 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.