fígadovsfinadoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: fígado is a noun, finado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

6 ch
fígado
6 ch
finado

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?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fígado" is a noun and "finado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fígado" vs "finado" - which ranks higher?
"fígado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,298 in our Portuguese list, against #44,369 for "finado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list