fragavsfrágilTell them apart

Quick tell: fraga is a noun, frágil is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fraga” is a noun and “frágil” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,771
“fraga” frequency rank
#7,158
“frágil” frequency rank
23929
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fraga frágil
Definition morango. quebradiço

Letter map: fraga vs frágil

Shared letters muted; letters that set fraga and frágil apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
fraga
6 ch
frágil

Grammar separator: fraga vs frágil

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fraga is anoun and frágilanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fraga is recorded at frequency rank #16,771, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɾago/.. frágil is at rank #7,158, tagged as anadj.

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 23929, this pair ranks #45,806 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fraga vs frágil

Shared letters: fgr. Private to "fraga": a. Private to "frágil": ilá.

"fraga" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "frágil" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fragafarga · ffraga · fraag · fragga · frgaa · frraga · rfaga

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fraga" for "frágil" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fraga" is a noun and "frágil" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fraga" or "frágil" show up more?
"frágil" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,158 in our Portuguese list, against #16,771 for "fraga". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "fraga" vs "frágil" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fraga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "frágil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,806 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fraga" and "frágil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fava vs fraga". 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 #45,806 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