Which to use
“fumado” and “furado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,616
- “fumado” frequency rank
- #19,160
- “furado” frequency rank
- 51776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fumado | furado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o mesmo que defumado | aquele ou aquilo que recebeu um ou mais furos |
Where the eye mixes fumado and furado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fumado and furado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses fumado with furado
A purely visual mix-up. fumado (/fu.ˈma.du/) and furado (/fu.ˈɾa.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - m in “fumado” becomes r in “furado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fumado is recorded at frequency rank #32,616, classified as anadj, pronounced /fu.ˈma.du/. furado is at rank #19,160, tagged as anadj, pronounced /fu.ˈɾa.du/.
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 51776, this pair ranks #13,322 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fumado vs furado
Shared letters: adfou. Private to "fumado": m. Private to "furado": r.
"fumado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "furado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fumado" and "furado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fumado" or "furado"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fumado" and "furado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fumado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "furado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,322 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fumado" and "furado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finado vs fumado". 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 #13,322 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.