Which to use
“frango” is a noun and “fungo” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,990
- “frango” frequency rank
- #16,519
- “fungo” frequency rank
- 20509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frango | fungo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pinto já crescido que ainda não é galo, ou melhor, adolescente | primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fungar |
Where the eye mixes frango and fungo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: frango vs fungo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: frango is /ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡu/ while fungo is /ˈfũ.ɡu/. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frango is recorded at frequency rank #3,990, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡu/. fungo is at rank #16,519, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈfũ.ɡu/.
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 20509, this pair ranks #49,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of frango vs fungo
Shared letters: fgno. Private to "frango": ar. Private to "fungo": u.
"frango" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "fungo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frango" and "fungo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "frango" or "fungo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "frango" and "fungo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "frango" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fungo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frango" and "fungo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "findo vs fungo". 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 #49,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.