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

#3,690
“feriado” frequency rank
#6,064
“ferida” frequency rank
9754
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feriado ferida
Definition dia de descanso, instituído pelo poder civil ou religioso, em que são suspensas as atividades públicas e particulares ato ou efeito de ferir

Letter map: feriado vs ferida

Shared letters muted; letters that set feriado and ferida apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
feriado
6 ch
ferida

Corpus notes: feriado and ferida

feriado and ferida are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feriado is recorded at frequency rank #3,690, classified as anoun. ferida is at rank #6,064, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fe.ˈɾi.dɐ/.

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 9754, this pair ranks #63,555 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of feriado vs ferida

Shared letters: adefir. Private to "feriado": o. Private to "ferida": -.

"feriado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "ferida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feriadoefriado · feirado · feraido · feriaddo · feriaod · feridao · ferriado · fferiado
  • feridaefrida · feirda · ferdia · feriad · feridda · ferrida · fferida · freida

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feriado" and "ferida" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "feriado" vs "ferida" - which ranks higher?
"feriado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,690 in our Portuguese list, against #6,064 for "ferida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "feriado" vs "ferida" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feriado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ferida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,555 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feriado" and "ferida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ferida vs ferra". 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 #63,555 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