fuivsfunilWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: fui is a verb, funil is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fui” is a verb and “funil” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#365
“fui” frequency rank
#30,167
“funil” frequency rank
30532
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fui funil
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito simples do indicativo do verbo ir: utensílio com a forma de pirâmide ou de cone invertido em cujo vértice há um tubo que serve para transvasar líquidos

Letter map: fui vs funil

Shared letters muted; letters that set fui and funil apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
fui
5 ch
funil

Part-of-speech tell for fui / funil

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fui is averb and funilanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fui is recorded at frequency rank #365, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈfuj/. funil is at rank #30,167, tagged as anoun.

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 30532, this pair ranks #37,786 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fui vs funil

Shared letters: fiu. Private to "fui": -. Private to "funil": ln.

"fui" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "funil" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • funilffunil · fnuil · fuinl · funill · funli · funnil · ufnil

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fui" and "funil" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fui" is a verb and "funil" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fui" or "funil"?
"fui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #365 in our Portuguese list, against #30,167 for "funil". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "fui" vs "funil" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "funil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,786 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fui" and "funil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fénix vs funil". 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 #37,786 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