Which to use
“feijó” is a noun and “feioso” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,554
- “feijó” frequency rank
- #48,422
- “feioso” frequency rank
- 78976
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feijó | feioso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris) | diz-se do que é relativamente feio (especialmente falando de pessoa) |
Letter map: feijó vs feioso
Shared letters muted; letters that set feijó and feioso apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. feijó runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against feioso's 6 (CVVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for feijó / feioso
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feijó is anoun and feiosoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78976, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feijó is recorded at frequency rank #30,554, classified as anoun, pronounced /'fei.'ʃɔ/. feioso is at rank #48,422, tagged as anadj.
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 78976, this pair ranks #1,569 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of feijó vs feioso
Shared letters: efi. Private to "feijó": jó. Private to "feioso": os.
"feijó" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "feioso" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- feioso ← efioso · feioos · feiosso · feisoo · feoiso · ffeioso · fieoso
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feijó" and "feioso" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "feijó" or "feioso"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "feijó" and "feioso".
- Full dictionary entry for "feijó" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feioso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,569 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feijó" and "feioso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feioso vs friso". 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 #1,569 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.