Which to use
“fundação” and “furacão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,537
- “fundação” frequency rank
- #4,481
- “furacão” frequency rank
- 6018
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fundação | furacão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de fundar | sistema de baixa pressão que ocorre geralmente nas regiões tropicais com ventos que circulam na forma de espiral, em alta velocidade, causando calamidade quando atinge regiões habitadas |
Where the eye mixes fundação and furacão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fundação runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against furacão's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between fundação and furacão
A purely visual mix-up. fundação (/fũ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and furacão (/fu.ɾɐ.ˈkɐ̃w̃/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6018, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fundação is recorded at frequency rank #1,537, classified as anoun, pronounced /fũ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. furacão is at rank #4,481, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fu.ɾɐ.ˈkɐ̃w̃/.
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 6018, this pair ranks #68,509 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fundação vs furacão
Shared letters: afouã. Private to "fundação": dnç. Private to "furacão": cr.
"fundação" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "furacão" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fundação" for "furacão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fundação" vs "furacão" - which ranks higher?
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 "fundação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "furacão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,509 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fundação" and "furacão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "floração vs furacão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #68,509 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.