filãovsfiscoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“filão” and “fisco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,976
“filão” frequency rank
#38,286
“fisco” frequency rank
88262
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filão fisco
Definition intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas recursos destinados à manutenção do príncipe da Roma Imperial

Letter map: filão vs fisco

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

5 ch
filão
5 ch
fisco

Spelling & dictionary notes on filão vs fisco

filão and fisco 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88262, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

filão is recorded at frequency rank #49,976, classified as anoun. fisco is at rank #38,286, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfiʃ.ku/.

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 88262, this pair ranks #415 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of filão vs fisco

Shared letters: fio. Private to "filão": . Private to "fisco": cs.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fiscoffisco · ficso · fiscco · fisoc · fissco · fsico · ifsco

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "filão" for "fisco" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "filão" vs "fisco" - which ranks higher?
"fisco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,286 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

You've compared "filão" and "fisco". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "filão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fisco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #415 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filão" and "fisco" 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 #415 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