fixa vs fora, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“fixa” is a verb and “fora” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,641
“fixa” frequency rank: #246
“fora” frequency rank: 7887
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fixa	fora
Definition	terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fixar	exteriormente

Letter map: fixa vs fora

Shared letters muted; letters that set fixa and fora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

fixa

4 ch

fora

Role in the sentence - fixa and fora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fixa is averb and foraanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fixa is recorded at frequency rank #7,641, classified as averb. fora is at rank #246, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈfɔ.ɾɐ/.

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 7887, this pair ranks #66,093 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fixa vs fora

Shared letters: af. Private to "fixa": ix. Private to "fora": or.

"fixa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "fora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

fixa ← ffixa · fiax · fixxa · fxia · ifxa
fora ← ffora · foar · forra · froa · ofra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fixa" and "fora" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fixa" is a verb and "fora" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "fixa" or "fora"?

"fora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #246 in our Portuguese list, against #7,641 for "fixa". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "fixa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "fora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #66,093 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"fixa" and "fora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs fixa". 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 #66,093 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.