ferasvsfodasTell them apart

Quick tell: feras is a adjective, fodas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“feras” is an adjective and “fodas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,182
“feras” frequency rank
#35,600
“fodas” frequency rank
56782
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feras fodas
Definition forma feminina plural de fero plural de foda

Letter map: feras vs fodas

Shared letters muted; letters that set feras and fodas apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. feras and fodas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
feras
5 ch
fodas

Grammar separator: feras vs fodas

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feras is anadjective and fodasanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feras is recorded at frequency rank #21,182, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈfɛ.ɾɐs/. fodas is at rank #35,600, tagged as anoun.

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 56782, this pair ranks #9,750 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of feras vs fodas

Shared letters: afs. Private to "feras": er. Private to "fodas": do.

"feras" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "fodas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feras ← efras · fears · ferass · ferras · fersa · fferas · freas
  • fodas ← fdoas · ffodas · foads · fodass · foddas · fodsa · ofdas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feras" and "fodas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feras" is an adjective and "fodas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "feras" or "fodas"?
"feras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,182 in our Portuguese list, against #35,600 for "fodas". 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 "feras" and "fodas".

  • Full dictionary entry for "feras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fodas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,750 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feras" and "fodas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fodão vs fodas". 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 #9,750 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