feioso vs furioso, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“feioso” and “furioso” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,422
“feioso” frequency rank: #16,520
“furioso” frequency rank: 64942
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	feioso	furioso
Definition	diz-se do que é relativamente feio (especialmente falando de pessoa)	que tem fúria

Letter map: feioso vs furioso

Shared letters muted; letters that set feioso and furioso apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. feioso runs 6 letters (CVVVCV) against furioso's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch

feioso

7 ch

furioso

Pair insight - feioso / furioso

feioso and furioso are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feioso is recorded at frequency rank #48,422, classified as anadj. furioso is at rank #16,520, tagged as anadj, pronounced /fu.ˈɾjo.zu/.

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 64942, this pair ranks #5,575 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of feioso vs furioso

Shared letters: fios. Private to "feioso": e. Private to "furioso": ru.

"feioso" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "furioso" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

feioso ← efioso · feioos · feiosso · feisoo · feoiso · ffeioso · fieoso
furioso ← ffurioso · fruioso · fuiroso · furioos · furiosso · furisoo · furoiso · furrioso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feioso" and "furioso" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "feioso" or "furioso"?

"furioso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,520 in our Portuguese list, against #48,422 for "feioso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "feioso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "furioso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #5,575 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"feioso" and "furioso" 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 #5,575 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.