filévsfixaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: filé is a noun, fixa is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“filé” is a noun and “fixa” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,797
“filé” frequency rank
#7,641
“fixa” frequency rank
25438
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filé fixa
Definition empenho terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fixar

Letter map: filé vs fixa

Shared letters muted; letters that set filé and fixa apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
filé
4 ch
fixa

Role in the sentence - filé and fixa

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: filé is anoun and fixaaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

filé is recorded at frequency rank #17,797, 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 25438, this pair ranks #43,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of filé vs fixa

Shared letters: fi. Private to "filé": . Private to "fixa": ax.

"filé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "fixa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fixaffixa · fiax · fixxa · fxia · ifxa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "filé" and "fixa" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "filé" is a noun and "fixa" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "filé" vs "fixa" - which ranks higher?
"fixa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,641 in our Portuguese list, against #17,797 for "filé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "filé" vs "fixa" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "filé" 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 #43,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filé" and "fixa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs filé". 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 #43,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list