Which to use
“felino” is a noun and “feliz” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,606
- “felino” frequency rank
- #406
- “feliz” frequency rank
- 33012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | felino | feliz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | espécime pertencente à família de animais da qual fazem parte: gatos, leões, panteras, tigres, onças | que sente ou transmite felicidade |
Where the eye mixes felino and feliz
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. felino runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against feliz's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: felino vs feliz
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: felino is /fɨ.ˈli.nu/ while feliz is /fe'lis/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
felino is recorded at frequency rank #32,606, classified as anoun, pronounced /fɨ.ˈli.nu/. feliz is at rank #406, tagged as anadj, pronounced /fe'lis/.
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 33012, this pair ranks #34,626 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of felino vs feliz
Shared letters: efil. Private to "felino": no. Private to "feliz": z.
"felino" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "feliz" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "felino" for "feliz" ever safe?
Frequency check: "felino" vs "feliz" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "felino" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feliz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,626 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "felino" and "feliz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "felino 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 #34,626 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.