Which to use
“fodas” is a noun and “foder” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,600
- “fodas” frequency rank
- #3,562
- “foder” frequency rank
- 39162
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fodas | foder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural de foda | ter relações sexuais com, transar |
Letter map: fodas vs foder
Shared letters muted; letters that set fodas and foder apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for fodas / foder
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fodas is anoun and foderaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fodas is recorded at frequency rank #35,600, classified as anoun. foder is at rank #3,562, tagged as averb, pronounced /fo.'deɾ/, /fo.'de/.
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 39162, this pair ranks #27,157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fodas vs foder
Shared letters: dfo. Private to "fodas": as. Private to "foder": er.
"fodas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "foder" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "fodas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fodas" and "foder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fodão vs fodas". 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 #27,157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.