Which to use
“fígado” is a noun and “folgado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,298
- “fígado” frequency rank
- #43,431
- “folgado” frequency rank
- 49729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fígado | folgado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte do organismo animal onde se produzem a secreção biliar e a secreção glicogênica | que tem folga |
Where the eye mixes fígado and folgado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fígado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against folgado's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fígado vs folgado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fígado is /ˈfi.ɡɐ.du/ while folgado is /foɫ.ˈɡa.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49729, 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/. folgado is at rank #43,431, tagged as anadj, pronounced /foɫ.ˈɡa.du/.
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 49729, this pair ranks #15,264 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fígado vs folgado
Shared letters: adfgo. Private to "fígado": í. Private to "folgado": l.
"fígado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "folgado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- folgado ← ffolgado · flogado · foglado · folagdo · folgaddo · folgaod · folgdao · folggado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fígado" for "folgado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fígado" vs "folgado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fígado" and "folgado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fígado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "folgado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,264 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fígado" and "folgado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "falhado vs folgado". 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 #15,264 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.