Which to use
“filão” is a noun and “fixa” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,976
- “filão” frequency rank
- #7,641
- “fixa” frequency rank
- 57617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filão | fixa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fixar |
Letter map: filão vs fixa
Shared letters muted; letters that set filão and fixa apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. filão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against fixa's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - filão and fixa
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: filão is anoun and fixaaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filão is recorded at frequency rank #49,976, classified as anoun. fixa is at rank #7,641, tagged as averb.
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 57617, this pair ranks #9,224 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filão vs fixa
Shared letters: fi. Private to "filão": loã. Private to "fixa": ax.
"filão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "fixa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fixa ← ffixa · fiax · fixxa · fxia · ifxa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filão" and "fixa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "filão" vs "fixa" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "filão" and "fixa". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "filão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fixa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,224 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filão" and "fixa" 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 #9,224 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.