Which to use
“feias” is an adjective and “fezes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,812
- “feias” frequency rank
- #15,115
- “fezes” frequency rank
- 30927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feias | fezes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feminino plural de feio | substância resultante do processo de digestão que não foi aproveitada pelo organismo; excremento |
Letter map: feias vs fezes
Shared letters muted; letters that set feias and fezes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. feias (CVVVC) and fezes (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for feias / fezes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feias is anadjective and fezesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feias is recorded at frequency rank #15,812, classified as anadj. fezes is at rank #15,115, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɛ.zis/.
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 30927, this pair ranks #37,300 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feias vs fezes
Shared letters: efs. Private to "feias": ai. Private to "fezes": z.
"feias" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "fezes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "feias" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fezes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,300 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feias" and "fezes" 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 #37,300 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.