feitavsfeixeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#741
“feita” frequency rank
#20,604
“feixe” frequency rank
21345
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feita feixe
Definition ação ou efeito de fazer molho

Where the eye mixes feita and feixe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
feita
5 ch
feixe

Why the eye confuses feita with feixe

A purely visual mix-up. feita (/ˈfɐj.tɐ/) and feixe (/ˈfɐj.ʃɨ/) 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 21345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feita is recorded at frequency rank #741, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɐj.tɐ/. feixe is at rank #20,604, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɐj.ʃɨ/.

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 21345, this pair ranks #48,964 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feita vs feixe

Shared letters: efi. Private to "feita": at. Private to "feixe": x.

"feita" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "feixe" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feitaefita · feiat · feitta · fetia · ffeita · fieta
  • feixeefixe · feiex · feixxe · fexie · ffeixe · fiexe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feita" and "feixe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈfɐj.tɐ/ versus /ˈfɐj.ʃɨ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "feita" or "feixe"?
"feita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #741 in our Portuguese list, against #20,604 for "feixe". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "feita" and "feixe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "feixe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,964 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feita" and "feixe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feixe vs fénix". 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 #48,964 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list