findovsfixoTell them apart

Which to use

“findo” and “fixo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,156
“findo” frequency rank
#7,409
“fixo” frequency rank
46565
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature findo fixo
Definition que encerrou(-se), que acabou(-se), passou(-se) o mesmo que fixado; firme, inamovível, bem preso:

Letter map: findo vs fixo

Shared letters muted; letters that set findo and fixo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. findo runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fixo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
findo
4 ch
fixo

Spelling & dictionary notes on findo vs fixo

findo and fixo 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46565, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

findo is recorded at frequency rank #39,156, classified as anadj. fixo is at rank #7,409, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfi.ksu/.

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 46565, this pair ranks #18,725 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of findo vs fixo

Shared letters: fio. Private to "findo": dn. Private to "fixo": x.

"findo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "fixo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findo ← ffindo · fidno · finddo · finndo · finod · fnido · ifndo
  • fixo ← ffixo · fiox · fixxo · fxio · ifxo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "findo" for "fixo" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "findo" vs "fixo" - which ranks higher?
"fixo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,409 in our Portuguese list, against #39,156 for "findo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "findo" and "fixo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "findo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fixo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,725 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "findo" and "fixo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs findo". 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 #18,725 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