Which to use
“figurado” and “furado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,860
- “figurado” frequency rank
- #19,160
- “furado” frequency rank
- 64020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | figurado | furado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | metafórico | aquele ou aquilo que recebeu um ou mais furos |
Where the eye mixes figurado and furado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. figurado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against furado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between figurado and furado
A purely visual mix-up. figurado (/fi.ɡu.ˈɾa.du/) and furado (/fu.ˈɾa.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
figurado is recorded at frequency rank #44,860, classified as anadj, pronounced /fi.ɡu.ˈɾa.du/. furado is at rank #19,160, tagged as anadj, pronounced /fu.ˈɾa.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 64020, this pair ranks #5,947 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of figurado vs furado
Shared letters: adforu. Private to "figurado": gi. Private to "furado": -.
"figurado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "furado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "figurado" and "furado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "figurado" or "furado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "figurado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "furado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,947 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "figurado" and "furado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finado vs furado". 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 #5,947 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.