Which to use
“fobia” and “folia” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,673
- “fobia” frequency rank
- #12,068
- “folia” frequency rank
- 37741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fobia | folia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | transtorno psicológico no qual a pessoa tem um medo ou aversão exagerado de alguma coisa | antiga dança portuguesa rápida e animada, acompanhada por adufes e pandeiros |
Where the eye mixes fobia and folia
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fobia and folia follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: fobia vs folia
A purely visual mix-up. fobia (/fu.ˈbi.ɐ/) and folia (/fu.ˈli.ɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - b in “fobia” becomes l in “folia”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fobia is recorded at frequency rank #25,673, classified as anoun, pronounced /fu.ˈbi.ɐ/. folia is at rank #12,068, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fu.ˈli.ɐ/.
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 37741, this pair ranks #28,824 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fobia vs folia
Shared letters: afio. Private to "fobia": b. Private to "folia": l.
"fobia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "folia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fobia" and "folia" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fobia" or "folia"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fobia" and "folia" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fobia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "folia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,824 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fobia" and "folia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faia vs fobia". 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 #28,824 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.