Which to use
“finado” and “furado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,369
- “finado” frequency rank
- #19,160
- “furado” frequency rank
- 63529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finado | furado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que finou | aquele ou aquilo que recebeu um ou mais furos |
Letter map: finado vs furado
Shared letters muted; letters that set finado and furado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. finado and furado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on finado vs furado
finado and furado 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finado is recorded at frequency rank #44,369, classified as anadj. furado is at rank #19,160, tagged as anadj, pronounced /fu.ˈɾa.du/.
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 63529, this pair ranks #6,149 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of finado vs furado
Shared letters: adfo. Private to "finado": in. Private to "furado": ru.
"finado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "furado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "finado" and "furado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "finado" vs "furado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "finado" vs "furado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "finado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "furado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,149 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finado" and "furado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs finado". 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 #6,149 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.