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.
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": aé. Private to "feridos": deo.
"férias" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "feridos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- feridos ← efridos · feirdos · ferdios · feriddos · feridoss · feridso · feriods · ferridos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "férias" for "feridos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "férias" vs "feridos" - which ranks higher?
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.