Which to use
“foda” is an adjective and “fora” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,426
- “foda” frequency rank
- #246
- “fora” frequency rank
- 2672
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foda | fora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | difícil; duro | exteriormente |
Letter map: foda vs fora
Shared letters muted; letters that set foda and fora apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for foda / fora
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foda is anadjective and foraanadverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “foda” becomes r in “fora”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foda is recorded at frequency rank #2,426, classified as anadj. 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 2672, this pair ranks #72,634 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of foda vs fora
Shared letters: afo. Private to "foda": d. Private to "fora": r.
"foda" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "fora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foda" and "fora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "foda" vs "fora" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "foda" vs "fora" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "foda" 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 #72,634 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foda" and "fora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fern vs fora". 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 #72,634 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.