Which to use
“feriado” and “ferrão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,690
- “feriado” frequency rank
- #31,372
- “ferrão” frequency rank
- 35062
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feriado | ferrão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dia de descanso, instituído pelo poder civil ou religioso, em que são suspensas as atividades públicas e particulares | órgão retrátil dos insetos |
Letter map: feriado vs ferrão
Shared letters muted; letters that set feriado and ferrão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. feriado runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against ferrão's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - feriado / ferrão
feriado and ferrão 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 35062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feriado is recorded at frequency rank #3,690, classified as anoun. ferrão is at rank #31,372, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fɨ.ˈRɐ̃w̃/.
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 35062, this pair ranks #32,056 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feriado vs ferrão
Shared letters: efor. Private to "feriado": adi. Private to "ferrão": ã.
"feriado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "ferrão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- feriado ← efriado · feirado · feraido · feriaddo · feriaod · feridao · ferriado · fferiado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feriado" and "ferrão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "feriado" vs "ferrão" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "feriado" vs "ferrão" 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 "ferrão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,056 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feriado" and "ferrão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ferrão vs fierro". 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 #32,056 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.