ferida vs feridos, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#6,064
“ferida” frequency rank: #4,728
“feridos” frequency rank: 10792
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ferida	feridos
Definition	ato ou efeito de ferir	plural de ferido

Letter map: ferida vs feridos

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

6 ch

ferida

7 ch

feridos

Role in the sentence - ferida and feridos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ferida is anoun and feridosanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ferida is recorded at frequency rank #6,064, classified as anoun, pronounced /fe.ˈɾi.dɐ/. 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 10792, this pair ranks #62,223 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ferida vs feridos

Shared letters: defir. Private to "ferida": a. Private to "feridos": os.

"ferida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "feridos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

ferida ← efrida · feirda · ferdia · feriad · feridda · ferrida · fferida · freida
feridos ← efridos · feirdos · ferdios · feriddos · feridoss · feridso · feriods · ferridos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ferida" and "feridos" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ferida" is a noun and "feridos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ferida" or "feridos" show up more?

"feridos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,728 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.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "ferida" 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 #62,223 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ferida" and "feridos" 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 #62,223 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.