fodavsforjaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: foda is a adjective, forja is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“foda” is an adjective and “forja” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,426
“foda” frequency rank
#36,463
“forja” frequency rank
38889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature foda forja
Definition difícil; duro local onde fica o equipamento, todo o material e onde se executa o ofício de ferreiro

Letter map: foda vs forja

Shared letters muted; letters that set foda and forja apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. foda runs 4 letters (CVCV) against forja's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
foda
5 ch
forja

Role in the sentence - foda and forja

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foda is anadjective and forjaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

foda is recorded at frequency rank #2,426, classified as anadj. forja is at rank #36,463, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɔɹ.ʒə/.

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 38889, this pair ranks #27,488 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of foda vs forja

Shared letters: afo. Private to "foda": d. Private to "forja": jr.

"foda" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "forja" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • foda ← fdoa · ffoda · foad · fodda · ofda
  • forja ← fforja · fojra · foraj · forjja · forrja · froja · ofrja

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "foda" and "forja" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "foda" is an adjective and "forja" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "foda" or "forja"?
"foda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,426 in our Portuguese list, against #36,463 for "forja". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "foda" and "forja".

  • Full dictionary entry for "foda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "forja" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,488 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "foda" and "forja" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ferra vs forja". 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 #27,488 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list