fazer vs fazeres, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#64
“fazer” frequency rank: #28,201
“fazeres” frequency rank: 28265
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fazer	fazeres
Definition	dar existência ou forma a	segunda pessoa do singular do infinitivo pessoal do verbo fazer

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set fazer and fazeres apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

fazer

7 ch

fazeres

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

fazer and fazeres 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 by 2 extra letter(s) - “fazer” sits inside “fazeres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fazer is recorded at frequency rank #64, classified as averb. 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 28265, this pair ranks #40,558 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fazer vs fazeres

Shared letters: aefrz. Private to "fazer": -. Private to "fazeres": s.

"fazer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fazeres" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

fazer ← afzer · faezr · fazerr · fazre · fazzer · ffazer · fzaer
fazeres ← afzeres · faezres · fazeers · fazeress · fazerres · fazerse · fazrees · fazzeres

Frequency comparison

fazer#64

fazeres#28,201

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fazer" and "fazeres" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “fazer” sits inside “fazeres”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "fazer" or "fazeres"?

"fazer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #64 in our Portuguese list, against #28,201 for "fazeres". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering fazer vs fazeres

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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