Which to use
“feriado” is a noun and “feridos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,690
- “feriado” frequency rank
- #4,728
- “feridos” frequency rank
- 8418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feriado | feridos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dia de descanso, instituído pelo poder civil ou religioso, em que são suspensas as atividades públicas e particulares | plural de ferido |
Letter map: feriado vs feridos
Shared letters muted; letters that set feriado and feridos apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for feriado / feridos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feriado is anoun and feridosanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feriado is recorded at frequency rank #3,690, classified as anoun. feridos is at rank #4,728, tagged as anadj.
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 8418, this pair ranks #65,364 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of feriado vs feridos
Shared letters: defior. Private to "feriado": a. Private to "feridos": s.
"feriado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "feridos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feriado" and "feridos" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "feriado" vs "feridos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "feriado" vs "feridos" 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 "feridos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,364 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feriado" and "feridos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feriado vs ferrão". 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 #65,364 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.