fériasvsferidosConfusable pair

Quick tell: férias is a noun, feridos is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#1,572
“férias” frequency rank
#4,728
“feridos” frequency rank
6300
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature férias feridos
Definition período de folga a que têm direito trabalhadores e estudantes plural de ferido

Letter map: férias vs feridos

Shared letters muted; letters that set férias and feridos apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
férias
7 ch
feridos

Part-of-speech tell for férias / feridos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: férias is anoun and feridosanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

férias is recorded at frequency rank #1,572, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɛ.ɾjaʃ/. 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 6300, this pair ranks #68,157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of férias vs feridos

Shared letters: firs. Private to "férias": . Private to "feridos": deo.

"férias" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "feridos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feridosefridos · feirdos · ferdios · feriddos · feridoss · feridso · feriods · ferridos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "férias" for "feridos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "férias" is a noun and "feridos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "férias" vs "feridos" - which ranks higher?
"férias" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,572 in our Portuguese list, against #4,728 for "feridos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "férias" vs "feridos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "férias" 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 #68,157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "férias" and "feridos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "férias 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 #68,157 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