Which to use
“filão” is a noun and “fixar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,976
- “filão” frequency rank
- #13,303
- “fixar” frequency rank
- 63279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filão | fixar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas | tornar fixo, firme, seguro |
Letter map: filão vs fixar
Shared letters muted; letters that set filão and fixar apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. filão (CVCVV) and fixar (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for filão / fixar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: filão is anoun and fixaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filão is recorded at frequency rank #49,976, classified as anoun. fixar is at rank #13,303, tagged as averb, pronounced /fi.ˈksaɾ/.
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 63279, this pair ranks #6,265 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filão vs fixar
Shared letters: fi. Private to "filão": loã. Private to "fixar": arx.
"filão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "fixar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fixar ← ffixar · fiaxr · fixarr · fixra · fixxar · fxiar · ifxar
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "filão" and "fixar" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "filão" vs "fixar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "filão" and "fixar".
- Full dictionary entry for "filão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fixar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,265 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filão" and "fixar" 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 #6,265 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.