feixevsFelipeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#20,604
“feixe” frequency rank
#2,323
“Felipe” frequency rank
22927
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feixe Felipe
Definition molho Filipe, Felipe

Where the eye mixes feixe and Felipe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. feixe runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against Felipe's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
feixe
6 ch
Felipe

Look-alike desk: feixe vs Felipe

A purely visual mix-up. feixe (/ˈfɐj.ʃɨ/) and Felipe (/fe.li.pe/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feixe is recorded at frequency rank #20,604, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɐj.ʃɨ/. Felipe is at rank #2,323, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fe.li.pe/.

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 22927, this pair ranks #47,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feixe vs Felipe

Shared letters: efi. Private to "feixe": x. Private to "Felipe": lp.

"feixe" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Felipe" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feixe ← efixe · feiex · feixxe · fexie · ffeixe · fiexe
  • Felipe ← eflipe · feilpe · feliep · felippe · fellipe · felpie · ffelipe · fleipe

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "feixe" for "Felipe" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈfɐj.ʃɨ/ versus /fe.li.pe/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "feixe" or "Felipe"?
"Felipe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,323 in our Portuguese list, against #20,604 for "feixe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "feixe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Felipe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feixe" and "Felipe" 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 #47,007 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