formolvsfórmulaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#44,373
“formol” frequency rank
#3,623
“fórmula” frequency rank
47996
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature formol fórmula
Definition solução aquosa de formaldeído (CH₂O) expressão concisa e rigorosa, constituída em geral de símbolos, que resume um certo número de dados

Letter map: formol vs fórmula

Shared letters muted; letters that set formol and fórmula apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
formol
7 ch
fórmula

Corpus notes: formol and fórmula

formol and fórmula 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

formol is recorded at frequency rank #44,373, classified as anoun, pronounced /fuɾ.ˈmɔɫ/. fórmula is at rank #3,623, 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 47996, this pair ranks #17,229 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of formol vs fórmula

Shared letters: flmr. Private to "formol": o. Private to "fórmula": auó.

"formol" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "fórmula" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • formolfformol · fomrol · formlo · formmol · formoll · foroml · forrmol · fromol

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "formol" and "fórmula" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, 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 "formol" or "fórmula" show up more?
"fórmula" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,623 in our Portuguese list, against #44,373 for "formol". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "formol" and "fórmula". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "formol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fórmula" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,229 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "formol" and "fórmula" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "former vs formol". 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 #17,229 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list