filãovsfindoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,976
“filão” frequency rank
#39,156
“findo” frequency rank
89132
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filão findo
Definition intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas que encerrou(-se), que acabou(-se), passou(-se)

Letter map: filão vs findo

Shared letters muted; letters that set filão and findo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. filão (CVCVV) and findo (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
filão
5 ch
findo

Grammar separator: filão vs findo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: filão is anoun and findoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

filão is recorded at frequency rank #49,976, classified as anoun. 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 89132, this pair ranks #347 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of filão vs findo

Shared letters: fio. Private to "filão": lã. Private to "findo": dn.

"filão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "findo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "filão" and "findo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "filão" is a noun and "findo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "filão" vs "findo" - which ranks higher?
"findo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,156 in our Portuguese list, against #49,976 for "filão". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "filão" vs "findo" 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 "findo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #347 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filão" and "findo" 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 #347 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