Which to use
“filé” is a noun and “fito” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,797
- “filé” frequency rank
- #35,597
- “fito” frequency rank
- 53394
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filé | fito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | empenho | erguido, direito |
Letter map: filé vs fito
Shared letters muted; letters that set filé and fito apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. filé and fito follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: filé vs fito
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: filé is anoun and fitoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filé is recorded at frequency rank #17,797, classified as anoun. fito is at rank #35,597, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfi.tu/.
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 53394, this pair ranks #12,057 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filé vs fito
Shared letters: fi. Private to "filé": lé. Private to "fito": ot.
"filé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "fito" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fito ← ffito · fiot · fitto · ftio · ifto
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filé" and "fito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "filé" or "fito" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "filé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,057 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filé" and "fito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs fito". 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 #12,057 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.