feias vs fera, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“feias” is an adjective and “fera” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,812
“feias” frequency rank: #9,053
“fera” frequency rank: 24865
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	feias	fera
Definition	feminino plural de feio	animal feroz e carnívoro

Letter map: feias vs fera

Shared letters muted; letters that set feias and fera apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

feias

4 ch

fera

Grammar separator: feias vs fera

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feias is anadjective and feraanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feias is recorded at frequency rank #15,812, classified as anadj. fera is at rank #9,053, tagged as anoun.

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 24865, this pair ranks #44,604 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feias vs fera

Shared letters: aef. Private to "feias": is. Private to "fera": r.

"feias" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "fera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

feias ← efias · feais · feiass · feisa · ffeias · fieas
fera ← efra · fear · ffera · frea

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "feias" for "fera" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feias" is an adjective and "fera" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "feias" or "fera"?

"fera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,053 in our Portuguese list, against #15,812 for "feias". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "feias" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "fera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #44,604 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"feias" and "fera" 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 #44,604 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.