Which to use
“foram” is a verb and “fórum” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #97
- “foram” frequency rank
- #2,428
- “fórum” frequency rank
- 2525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foram | fórum |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo ser | prédio que abriga as instalações do Poder Judiciário em uma determinada comarca |
Letter map: foram vs fórum
Shared letters muted; letters that set foram and fórum apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for foram / fórum
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foram is averb and fórumanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foram is recorded at frequency rank #97, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈfo.ɾã/. fórum is at rank #2,428, 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 2525, this pair ranks #72,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of foram vs fórum
Shared letters: fmr. Private to "foram": ao. Private to "fórum": uó.
"foram" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fórum" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- foram ← fforam · foarm · foramm · forma · forram · froam · ofram
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foram" and "fórum" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "foram" vs "fórum" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "foram" vs "fórum" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "foram" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fórum" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foram" and "fórum" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forja vs fórum". 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 #72,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.