Which to use
“fruto” and “furto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,396
- “fruto” frequency rank
- #16,779
- “furto” frequency rank
- 21175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fruto | furto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | produto das árvores frutíferas | o ato de furtar |
Where the eye mixes fruto and furto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fruto (CCVCV) and furto (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between fruto and furto
A purely visual mix-up. fruto (/ˈfɾu.tu/) and furto (/ˈfuɾ.tu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (ru ↔ ur) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21175, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fruto is recorded at frequency rank #4,396, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɾu.tu/. furto is at rank #16,779, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfuɾ.tu/.
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 21175, this pair ranks #49,167 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fruto vs furto
Shared letters: fortu. Private to "fruto": -. Private to "furto": -.
"fruto" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "furto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fruto" and "furto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fruto" or "furto"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fruto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "furto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,167 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fruto" and "furto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fito vs furto". 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 #49,167 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.