fonte vs fontes, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“fonte” and “fontes” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#894
“fonte” frequency rank: #1,360
“fontes” frequency rank: 2254
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fonte	fontes
Definition	lugar onde nasce água	o mesmo que código-fonte

Letter map: fonte vs fontes

Shared letters muted; letters that set fonte and fontes apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch

fonte

6 ch

fontes

Corpus notes: fonte and fontes

fonte and fontes are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fonte” sits inside “fontes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fonte is recorded at frequency rank #894, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfõ.tɨ/. fontes is at rank #1,360, tagged as anoun.

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 2254, this pair ranks #73,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fonte vs fontes

Shared letters: efnot. Private to "fonte": -. Private to "fontes": s.

"fonte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fontes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

fonte ← ffonte · fnote · fonet · fonnte · fontte · fotne · ofnte
fontes ← ffontes · fnotes · fonets · fonntes · fontess · fontse · fonttes · fotnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fonte" and "fontes" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fonte” sits inside “fontes”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fonte" or "fontes" show up more?

"fonte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #894 in our Portuguese list, against #1,360 for "fontes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "fonte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "fontes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #73,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"fonte" and "fontes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finta vs fonte". 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 #73,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.