fontes vs fores, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#1,360
“fontes” frequency rank: #24,651
“fores” frequency rank: 26011
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fontes	fores
Definition	o mesmo que código-fonte	segunda pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo ir;

Letter map: fontes vs fores

Shared letters muted; letters that set fontes and fores apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

fontes

5 ch

fores

Role in the sentence - fontes and fores

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fontes is anoun and foresaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fontes is recorded at frequency rank #1,360, 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 26011, this pair ranks #43,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fontes vs fores

Shared letters: efos. Private to "fontes": nt. Private to "fores": r.

"fontes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fores" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

fontes ← ffontes · fnotes · fonets · fonntes · fontess · fontse · fonttes · fotnes
fores ← ffores · foers · foress · forres · forse · froes · ofres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fontes" and "fores" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

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

"fontes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,360 in our Portuguese list, against #24,651 for "fores". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "fontes" 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 #43,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"fontes" and "fores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fores vs former". 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 #43,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.