Which to use
“feijão” and “feitio” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,737
- “feijão” frequency rank
- #22,321
- “feitio” frequency rank
- 28058
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feijão | feitio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nome vulgar de plantas volúveis da família das leguminosas também chamadas de feijoeiro | forma |
Where the eye mixes feijão and feitio
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. feijão and feitio follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between feijão and feitio
A purely visual mix-up. feijão (/fɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/) and feitio (/fɐj.ˈti.u/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feijão is recorded at frequency rank #5,737, classified as anoun, pronounced /fɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/. feitio is at rank #22,321, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fɐj.ˈti.u/.
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 28058, this pair ranks #40,815 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feijão vs feitio
Shared letters: efio. Private to "feijão": jã. Private to "feitio": t.
"feijão" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "feitio" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- feitio ← efitio · feiito · feitoi · feittio · fetiio · ffeitio · fietio
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "feijão" for "feitio" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "feijão" or "feitio" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "feijão" and "feitio" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "feijão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feitio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,815 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feijão" and "feitio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feitio vs feltro". 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 #40,815 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.