fichavsfixaTell them apart

Which to use

“ficha” and “fixa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,988
“ficha” frequency rank
#7,641
“fixa” frequency rank
11629
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ficha fixa
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fichar terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fixar

Letter map: ficha vs fixa

Shared letters muted; letters that set ficha and fixa apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
ficha
4 ch
fixa

Corpus notes: ficha and fixa

ficha and fixa 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 11629, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ficha is recorded at frequency rank #3,988, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈfi.ʃɐ/. fixa is at rank #7,641, tagged as averb.

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 11629, this pair ranks #61,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ficha vs fixa

Shared letters: afi. Private to "ficha": ch. Private to "fixa": x.

"ficha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "fixa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fichafciha · fficha · ficah · ficcha · fichha · fihca · ifcha
  • fixaffixa · fiax · fixxa · fxia · ifxa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ficha" for "fixa" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "ficha" or "fixa"?
"ficha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,988 in our Portuguese list, against #7,641 for "fixa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ficha" and "fixa".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ficha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fixa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ficha" and "fixa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs fixa". 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 #61,183 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