Which to use
“fígado” is a noun and “finado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,298
- “fígado” frequency rank
- #44,369
- “finado” frequency rank
- 50667
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fígado | finado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte do organismo animal onde se produzem a secreção biliar e a secreção glicogênica | que finou |
Letter map: fígado vs finado
Shared letters muted; letters that set fígado and finado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. fígado and finado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: fígado vs finado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fígado is anoun and finadoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fígado is recorded at frequency rank #6,298, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfi.ɡɐ.du/. finado is at rank #44,369, 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 50667, this pair ranks #14,285 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fígado vs finado
Shared letters: adfo. Private to "fígado": gí. Private to "finado": in.
"fígado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "finado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- finado ← ffinado · fiando · finaddo · finaod · findao · finnado · fniado · ifnado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fígado" and "finado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fígado" vs "finado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "fígado" vs "finado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "fígado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "finado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,285 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fígado" and "finado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs finado". 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 #14,285 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.