Which to use
“filho” and “fish” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #245
- “filho” frequency rank
- #18,872
- “fish” frequency rank
- 19117
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filho | fish |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | procedente, resultante | de peixe, relacionado a peixe: |
Where the eye mixes filho and fish
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. filho runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fish's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: filho vs fish
A purely visual mix-up. filho (/ˈfi.ʎu/) and fish (/ˈfɪʃ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filho is recorded at frequency rank #245, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈfi.ʎu/. fish is at rank #18,872, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfɪʃ/.
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 19117, this pair ranks #51,708 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filho vs fish
Shared letters: fhi. Private to "filho": lo. Private to "fish": s.
"filho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fish" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "filho" and "fish" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "filho" or "fish"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "filho" and "fish" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fish" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,708 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filho" and "fish" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fish vs friso". 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 #51,708 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.