Which to use
“filão” and “final” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,976
- “filão” frequency rank
- #228
- “final” frequency rank
- 50204
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filão | final |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas | fim, desfecho |
Letter map: filão vs final
Shared letters muted; letters that set filão and final apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. filão (CVCVV) and final (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Pair insight - filão / final
filão and final are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filão is recorded at frequency rank #49,976, classified as anoun. final is at rank #228, tagged as anoun.
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 50204, this pair ranks #14,783 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filão vs final
Shared letters: fil. Private to "filão": oã. Private to "final": an.
"filão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "final" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- final ← ffinal · fianl · finall · finla · finnal · fnial · ifnal
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "filão" and "final" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "filão" or "final"?
Useful next steps
Pair "filão" vs "final" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "filão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "final" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,783 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filão" and "final" 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 #14,783 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.