fera vs ferir, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“fera” is a noun and “ferir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,053
“fera” frequency rank: #10,191
“ferir” frequency rank: 19244
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fera	ferir
Definition	animal feroz e carnívoro	causar ferimento a

Letter map: fera vs ferir

Shared letters muted; letters that set fera and ferir apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch

fera

5 ch

ferir

Grammar separator: fera vs ferir

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fera is anoun and feriraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19244, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fera is recorded at frequency rank #9,053, classified as anoun. ferir is at rank #10,191, tagged as averb, pronounced /fɨ.ˈɾiɾ/.

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 19244, this pair ranks #51,543 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fera vs ferir

Shared letters: efr. Private to "fera": a. Private to "ferir": i.

"fera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "ferir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

fera ← efra · fear · ffera · frea
ferir ← efrir · feirr · ferirr · ferri · ferrir · fferir · freir

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fera" and "ferir" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fera" is a noun and "ferir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fera" or "ferir" show up more?

"fera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,053 in our Portuguese list, against #10,191 for "ferir". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fera" and "ferir".

Full dictionary entry for "fera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ferir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #51,543 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"fera" and "ferir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ferir vs fern". 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 #51,543 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.