Which to use
“feias” is an adjective and “feijão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,812
- “feias” frequency rank
- #5,737
- “feijão” frequency rank
- 21549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feias | feijão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feminino plural de feio | nome vulgar de plantas volúveis da família das leguminosas também chamadas de feijoeiro |
Letter map: feias vs feijão
Shared letters muted; letters that set feias and feijão apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for feias / feijão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feias is anadjective and feijãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feias is recorded at frequency rank #15,812, classified as anadj. feijão is at rank #5,737, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/.
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 21549, this pair ranks #48,680 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feias vs feijão
Shared letters: efi. Private to "feias": as. Private to "feijão": joã.
"feias" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "feijão" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- feias ← efias · feais · feiass · feisa · ffeias · fieas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feias" and "feijão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "feias" vs "feijão" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "feias" and "feijão".
- Full dictionary entry for "feias" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feijão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,680 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feias" and "feijão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feias vs feioso". 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 #48,680 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.