# formar vs former

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### formar
*verb · IPA /fuɾ.ˈmaɾ/ · frequency rank #3,014*
dar forma a; constituir; compor

### former
*noun · frequency rank #47,368*
formador

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/formar-vs-former