Which to use
“filé” and “fume” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,797
- “filé” frequency rank
- #32,617
- “fume” frequency rank
- 50414
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filé | fume |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | empenho | gás ou vapor com cheiro forte e perigoso de inalar. São partículas sólidas formadas por condensação do estado gasoso, por exemplo, óxidos de metais volatilizados. |
Letter map: filé vs fume
Shared letters muted; letters that set filé and fume apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. filé and fume follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - filé / fume
filé and fume 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filé is recorded at frequency rank #17,797, classified as anoun. fume is at rank #32,617, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fjuːm/.
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 50414, this pair ranks #14,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filé vs fume
Shared letters: f. Private to "filé": ilé. Private to "fume": emu.
"filé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "fume" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fume ← ffume · fmue · fuem · fumme · ufme
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "filé" and "fume" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "filé" or "fume" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "filé" and "fume".
- Full dictionary entry for "filé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fume" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filé" and "fume" 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 #14,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.