Which to use
“filão” is a noun and “fixo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,976
- “filão” frequency rank
- #7,409
- “fixo” frequency rank
- 57385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filão | fixo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas | o mesmo que fixado; firme, inamovível, bem preso: |
Letter map: filão vs fixo
Shared letters muted; letters that set filão and fixo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. filão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against fixo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: filão vs fixo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: filão is anoun and fixoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filão is recorded at frequency rank #49,976, classified as anoun. fixo is at rank #7,409, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfi.ksu/.
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 57385, this pair ranks #9,380 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filão vs fixo
Shared letters: fio. Private to "filão": lã. Private to "fixo": x.
"filão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "fixo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fixo ← ffixo · fiox · fixxo · fxio · ifxo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "filão" and "fixo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "filão" vs "fixo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "filão" vs "fixo" 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 "fixo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,380 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filão" and "fixo" 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 #9,380 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.