federvsfoderConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#39,150
“feder” frequency rank
#3,562
“foder” frequency rank
42712
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feder foder
Definition cheirar mal ter relações sexuais com, transar

Where the eye mixes feder and foder

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
feder
5 ch
foder

Look-alike desk: feder vs foder

A purely visual mix-up. feder (/fɨ.ˈdeɾ/) and foder (/fo.'deɾ/, /fo.'de/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “feder” becomes o in “foder”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feder is recorded at frequency rank #39,150, classified as averb, pronounced /fɨ.ˈdeɾ/. 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 42712, this pair ranks #23,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feder vs foder

Shared letters: defr. Private to "feder": -. Private to "foder": o.

"feder" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "foder" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • federefder · fdeer · fedder · federr · fedre · feedr · ffeder
  • foderfdoer · ffoder · fodder · foderr · fodre · foedr · ofder

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feder" and "foder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/fɨ.ˈdeɾ/ versus /fo.'deɾ/, /fo.'de/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "feder" vs "foder" - which ranks higher?
"foder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,562 in our Portuguese list, against #39,150 for "feder". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feder" 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 #23,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feder" and "foder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feder vs fender". 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 #23,027 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