fazervsfoderConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#64
“fazer” frequency rank
#3,562
“foder” frequency rank
3626
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fazer foder
Definition dar existência ou forma a ter relações sexuais com, transar

Letter map: fazer vs foder

Shared letters muted; letters that set fazer and foder apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
fazer
5 ch
foder

Spelling & dictionary notes on fazer vs foder

fazer and foder 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fazer is recorded at frequency rank #64, classified as averb. foder is at rank #3,562, tagged as averb, pronounced /fo.'deɾ/, /fo.'de/.

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 3626, this pair ranks #71,478 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fazer vs foder

Shared letters: efr. Private to "fazer": az. Private to "foder": do.

"fazer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "foder" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fazerafzer · faezr · fazerr · fazre · fazzer · ffazer · fzaer
  • foderfdoer · ffoder · fodder · foderr · fodre · foedr · ofder

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fazer" for "foder" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "fazer" vs "foder" - which ranks higher?
"fazer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #64 in our Portuguese list, against #3,562 for "foder". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fazer" and "foder".

  • Full dictionary entry for "fazer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "foder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,478 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fazer" and "foder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foder vs former". 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 #71,478 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