Which to use
“fininho” is an adverb and “focinho” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,206
- “fininho” frequency rank
- #21,754
- “focinho” frequency rank
- 49960
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fininho | focinho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | de raspão, por um triz, muito próximo | parte da cabeça de vários animais que inclui o nariz, a boca e o queixo |
Letter map: fininho vs focinho
Shared letters muted; letters that set fininho and focinho apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for fininho / focinho
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fininho is anadverb and focinhoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fininho is recorded at frequency rank #28,206, classified as anadv. focinho is at rank #21,754, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fu.ˈsi.ɲu/.
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 49960, this pair ranks #15,013 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fininho vs focinho
Shared letters: fhino. Private to "fininho": -. Private to "focinho": c.
"fininho" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "focinho" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fininho" for "focinho" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fininho" or "focinho" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fininho" and "focinho".
- Full dictionary entry for "fininho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "focinho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,013 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fininho" and "focinho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fininho vs finito". 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 #15,013 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.