Which to use
“fidelidade” and “finalidade” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,624
- “fidelidade” frequency rank
- #6,065
- “finalidade” frequency rank
- 14689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fidelidade | finalidade |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | característica de quem é fiel | ação que se espera alcançar como resultado de outra |
Where the eye mixes fidelidade and finalidade
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between fidelidade and finalidade
A purely visual mix-up. fidelidade (/fi.dɨ.li.ˈda.dɨ/) and finalidade (/fi.nɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fidelidade is recorded at frequency rank #8,624, classified as anoun, pronounced /fi.dɨ.li.ˈda.dɨ/. finalidade is at rank #6,065, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fi.nɐ.li.ˈda.dɨ/.
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 14689, this pair ranks #57,318 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fidelidade vs finalidade
Shared letters: adefil. Private to "fidelidade": -. Private to "finalidade": n.
"fidelidade" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "finalidade" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fidelidade ← fdielidade · ffidelidade · fiddelidade · fideildade · fideldiade · fideliadde · fidelidadde · fidelidaed
- finalidade ← ffinalidade · fianlidade · finaildade · finaldiade · finaliadde · finalidadde · finalidaed · finaliddade
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fidelidade" and "finalidade" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fidelidade" or "finalidade" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fidelidade" and "finalidade" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fidelidade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "finalidade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,318 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #57,318 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.