Which to use
“França” is a noun and “francês” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,011
- “França” frequency rank
- #1,312
- “francês” frequency rank
- 2323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | França | francês |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | país da Europa ocidental, que faz fronteira com a Bélgica, o Luxemburgo, a Alemanha, a Suíça, a Itália, o Mónaco, Espanha e Andorra; possui também a Córsega, no Mediterrâneo e, como possessões ultramarinas, a Guiana Francesa, na América do Sul, Martinica e a Polinésia Francesa, na Oceania, entre outras; sua capital é Paris e a língua oficial o francês; chama-se ao seu habitante, francês | relativo ou pertencente à França |
Letter map: França vs francês
Shared letters muted; letters that set França and francês apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. França runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against francês's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - França and francês
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: França is anoun and francêsanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
França is recorded at frequency rank #1,011, classified as anoun. francês is at rank #1,312, tagged as anadj, pronounced /fɾã.ˈsejs/.
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 2323, this pair ranks #73,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of França vs francês
Shared letters: afnr. Private to "França": ç. Private to "francês": csê.
"França" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "francês" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "França" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "francês" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "França" and "francês" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "França vs fronha". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #73,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.