Which to use
“filão” is a noun and “filiar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,976
- “filão” frequency rank
- #41,026
- “filiar” frequency rank
- 91002
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filão | filiar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas | tomar como filho, adotar |
Letter map: filão vs filiar
Shared letters muted; letters that set filão and filiar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. filão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against filiar's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - filão and filiar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: filão is anoun and filiaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filão is recorded at frequency rank #49,976, classified as anoun. filiar is at rank #41,026, tagged as averb, pronounced /fi.ˈljaɾ/.
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 91002, this pair ranks #234 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filão vs filiar
Shared letters: fil. Private to "filão": oã. Private to "filiar": ar.
"filão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "filiar" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- filiar ← ffiliar · fiilar · filair · filiarr · filira · filliar · fliiar · ifliar
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "filão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filiar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filão" and "filiar" 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 #234 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.