fodas vs fores, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#35,600
“fodas” frequency rank: #24,651
“fores” frequency rank: 60251
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fodas	fores
Definition	plural de foda	segunda pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo ir;

Letter map: fodas vs fores

Shared letters muted; letters that set fodas and fores apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

fodas

5 ch

fores

Role in the sentence - fodas and fores

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fodas is anoun and foresaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fodas is recorded at frequency rank #35,600, classified as anoun. fores is at rank #24,651, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈfo.ɾes/.

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 60251, this pair ranks #7,746 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fodas vs fores

Shared letters: fos. Private to "fodas": ad. Private to "fores": er.

"fodas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fores" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

fodas ← fdoas · ffodas · foads · fodass · foddas · fodsa · ofdas
fores ← ffores · foers · foress · forres · forse · froes · ofres

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fodas" and "fores" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fodas" is a noun and "fores" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "fodas" or "fores"?

"fores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,651 in our Portuguese list, against #35,600 for "fodas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "fodas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "fores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #7,746 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"fodas" and "fores" 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 #7,746 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.