fodasvsfomosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: fodas is a noun, fomos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fodas” is a noun and “fomos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,600
“fodas” frequency rank
#2,012
“fomos” frequency rank
37612
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fodas fomos
Definition plural de foda primeira pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo ser

Letter map: fodas vs fomos

Shared letters muted; letters that set fodas and fomos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. fodas and fomos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
fodas
5 ch
fomos

Part-of-speech tell for fodas / fomos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fodas is anoun and fomosaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fodas is recorded at frequency rank #35,600, classified as anoun. fomos is at rank #2,012, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈfo.mos/.

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 37612, this pair ranks #28,956 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fodas vs fomos

Shared letters: fos. Private to "fodas": ad. Private to "fomos": m.

"fodas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "fomos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fodas ← fdoas · ffodas · foads · fodass · foddas · fodsa · ofdas
  • fomos ← ffomos · fmoos · fommos · fomoss · fomso · fooms · ofmos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fodas" and "fomos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fodas" is a noun and "fomos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fodas" vs "fomos" - which ranks higher?
"fomos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,012 in our Portuguese list, against #35,600 for "fodas". 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 "fodas" and "fomos".

  • Full dictionary entry for "fodas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fomos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,956 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fodas" and "fomos" 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 #28,956 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