Which to use
“furar” is a verb and “furor” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,378
- “furar” frequency rank
- #31,785
- “furor” frequency rank
- 46163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | furar | furor |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | abrir furo, buraco ou rombo em; cavar | agitação violenta |
Where the eye mixes furar and furor
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. furar and furor follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: furar vs furor
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: furar is /fu.ˈɾaɾ/ while furor is /fu.ˈɾoɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “furar” becomes o in “furor”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
furar is recorded at frequency rank #14,378, classified as averb, pronounced /fu.ˈɾaɾ/. furor is at rank #31,785, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fu.ˈɾoɾ/.
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 46163, this pair ranks #19,178 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of furar vs furor
Shared letters: fru. Private to "furar": a. Private to "furor": o.
"furar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "furor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "furar" and "furor" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "furar" or "furor" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "furar" and "furor" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "furar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "furor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,178 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "furar" and "furor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fedor vs furor". 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 #19,178 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.