Which to use
“fora” is an adverb and “fort” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #246
- “fora” frequency rank
- #11,467
- “fort” frequency rank
- 11713
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fora | fort |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | exteriormente | forte |
Letter map: fora vs fort
Shared letters muted; letters that set fora and fort apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for fora / fort
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fora is anadverb and fortanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “fora” becomes t in “fort”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11713, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fora is recorded at frequency rank #246, classified as anadv, pronounced /ˈfɔ.ɾɐ/. fort is at rank #11,467, 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 11713, this pair ranks #61,086 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fora vs fort
Shared letters: for. Private to "fora": a. Private to "fort": t.
"fora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "fort" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fora" and "fort" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fora" vs "fort" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "fora" and "fort". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "fora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,086 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fora" and "fort" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fern vs fort". 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 #61,086 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.