fígadovsfindoTell them apart

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

Which to use

“fígado” is a noun and “findo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,298
“fígado” frequency rank
#39,156
“findo” frequency rank
45454
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fígado findo
Definition parte do organismo animal onde se produzem a secreção biliar e a secreção glicogênica que encerrou(-se), que acabou(-se), passou(-se)

Letter map: fígado vs findo

Shared letters muted; letters that set fígado and findo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. fígado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against findo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
fígado
5 ch
findo

Grammar separator: fígado vs findo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fígado is anoun and findoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45454, 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/. findo is at rank #39,156, 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 45454, this pair ranks #19,946 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fígado vs findo

Shared letters: dfo. Private to "fígado": agí. Private to "findo": in.

"fígado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "findo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findo ← ffindo · fidno · finddo · finndo · finod · fnido · ifndo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fígado" for "findo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fígado" is a noun and "findo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fígado" vs "findo" - which ranks higher?
"fígado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,298 in our Portuguese list, against #39,156 for "findo". 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 "findo" 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 "findo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,946 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fígado" and "findo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs findo". 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 #19,946 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