# fern vs ferra

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### fern
*adjective · IPA /fɛʀn/ ouvir^(fonte ?) · frequency rank #48,930*
longe, distante, longínquo

### ferra
*noun · frequency rank #40,575*
a operação de ferrar o gado

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/fern-vs-ferra