Which to use
“frade” is a noun and “furado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,162
- “frade” frequency rank
- #19,160
- “furado” frequency rank
- 49322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frade | furado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | membro de uma ordem religiosa, em especial as ordens franciscanas, dominicanas, carmelitas e augustinianas; freire | aquele ou aquilo que recebeu um ou mais furos |
Where the eye mixes frade and furado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. frade runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against furado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses frade with furado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: frade is /ˈfɾa.dɨ/ while furado is /fu.ˈɾa.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frade is recorded at frequency rank #30,162, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɾa.dɨ/. furado is at rank #19,160, tagged as anadj, pronounced /fu.ˈɾa.du/.
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 49322, this pair ranks #15,707 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of frade vs furado
Shared letters: adfr. Private to "frade": e. Private to "furado": ou.
"frade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "furado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "frade" for "furado" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "frade" or "furado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "frade" and "furado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "frade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "furado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,707 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frade" and "furado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figurado vs furado". 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 #15,707 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.