Which to use
“filão” and “fulano” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,976
- “filão” frequency rank
- #16,777
- “fulano” frequency rank
- 66753
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filão | fulano |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas | pessoa qualquer não especificada; usado para completar o espaço que deveria ser preenchido pelo nome de uma pessoa qualquer em uma frase: |
Letter map: filão vs fulano
Shared letters muted; letters that set filão and fulano apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. filão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against fulano's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - filão / fulano
filão and fulano 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66753, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filão is recorded at frequency rank #49,976, classified as anoun. fulano is at rank #16,777, tagged as anoun.
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 66753, this pair ranks #4,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filão vs fulano
Shared letters: flo. Private to "filão": iã. Private to "fulano": anu.
"filão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "fulano" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fulano ← ffulano · fluano · fualno · fulanno · fulaon · fullano · fulnao · uflano
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filão" and "fulano" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "filão" or "fulano" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "filão" and "fulano".
- Full dictionary entry for "filão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fulano" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filão" and "fulano" 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 #4,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.