Which to use
“fogaça” and “fogão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,852
- “fogaça” frequency rank
- #10,722
- “fogão” frequency rank
- 57574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fogaça | fogão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | grande e comprido bolo feito com ovos e açúcar e parecendo um pão mole | aparelho doméstico para cozinhar e aquecer |
Where the eye mixes fogaça and fogão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fogaça runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against fogão's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fogaça vs fogão
A purely visual mix-up. fogaça (/fu.ˈɡa.sɐ/) and fogão (/fu.ˈɡɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fogaça is recorded at frequency rank #46,852, classified as anoun, pronounced /fu.ˈɡa.sɐ/. fogão is at rank #10,722, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fu.ˈɡɐ̃w̃/.
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 57574, this pair ranks #9,257 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fogaça vs fogão
Shared letters: fgo. Private to "fogaça": aç. Private to "fogão": ã.
"fogaça" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "fogão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fogaça" and "fogão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fogaça" vs "fogão" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fogaça" and "fogão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fogaça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fogão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,257 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fogaça" and "fogão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fofoca vs fogaça". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #9,257 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.