Which to use
“firmado” and “furado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,893
- “firmado” frequency rank
- #19,160
- “furado” frequency rank
- 32053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | firmado | furado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se firmou | aquele ou aquilo que recebeu um ou mais furos |
Letter map: firmado vs furado
Shared letters muted; letters that set firmado and furado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. firmado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against furado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - firmado / furado
firmado 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
firmado is recorded at frequency rank #12,893, 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 32053, this pair ranks #35,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of firmado vs furado
Shared letters: adfor. Private to "firmado": im. Private to "furado": u.
"firmado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "furado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "firmado" and "furado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "firmado" or "furado"?
After this comparison
You've compared "firmado" and "furado". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "firmado" 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 #35,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "firmado" and "furado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figurado vs furado". 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 #35,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.