fimvsfitoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: fim is a noun, fito is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fim” is a noun and “fito” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#227
“fim” frequency rank
#35,597
“fito” frequency rank
35824
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fim fito
Definition lugar ou tempo em que algo termina, final, antônimo de início erguido, direito

Letter map: fim vs fito

Shared letters muted; letters that set fim and fito apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
fim
4 ch
fito

Role in the sentence - fim and fito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fim is anoun and fitoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35824, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fim is recorded at frequency rank #227, 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 35824, this pair ranks #31,135 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fim vs fito

Shared letters: fi. Private to "fim": m. Private to "fito": ot.

"fim" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "fito" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fitoffito · fiot · fitto · ftio · ifto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fim" and "fito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fim" is a noun and "fito" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fim" vs "fito" - which ranks higher?
"fim" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #227 in our Portuguese list, against #35,597 for "fito". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "fim" and "fito". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fim" 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 #31,135 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fim" 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 #31,135 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