Which to use
“fiação” and “filão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,746
- “fiação” frequency rank
- #49,976
- “filão” frequency rank
- 76722
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fiação | filão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | processo de transformação de fibras em fios para uso na tecelagem | intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas |
Letter map: fiação vs filão
Shared letters muted; letters that set fiação and filão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Pair insight - fiação / filão
fiação and filão 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 76722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fiação is recorded at frequency rank #26,746, classified as anoun. filão is at rank #49,976, tagged as anoun.
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 76722, this pair ranks #2,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fiação vs filão
Shared letters: fioã. Private to "fiação": aç. Private to "filão": l.
"fiação" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "filão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "fiação" and "filão". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "fiação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fiação" and "filão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs finado". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #2,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.