futebol
\fu.tɨ.bˈɔɫ\
The verdict
“futebol” is uncommon French (frequency #90,751 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,751
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ballon, ballon de football.
Corpus desk
Index FR-futebol · futebol · French
futebol · rank #90,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,751
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH frétille
Nearest frequency peer: frétille (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « futebol »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- frétille
frétille
9,251 corpus weight
- futebol
futebol
9,250 corpus weight
- fy
fy
9,249 corpus weight
- Félicia
Félicia
9,248 corpus weight
- féminisé
féminisé
9,247 corpus weight
- féria
féria
9,246 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « futebol » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | futebol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fu.tɨ.bˈɔɫ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « futebol » en français
Rare enough to double-check
futebol is uncommon French at frequency #90,751 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fu.tɨ.bˈɔɫ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for futebol in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is futebol, spelled F-U-T-E-B-O-L.
Definition
- 1Ballon, ballon de football.
- 2Football, soccer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how futebol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O ministro da Justiça, Flávio Dino, determinou nesta quarta-feira a instauração de um inquérito na Polícia Federal para investigar um suposto esquema para manipular partidas de futebol no país, em um escândalo que abalou o esporte depois que o Brasil legalizou as apostas esportivas em 2018.
Progresso era a palavra que mais se ouvia em Ilhéus e em Itabuna naquele tempo. (...) Os ilheenses repetiam-na a propósito das novas ruas, das praças ajardinadas, dos edifícios no centro comercial e das residências modernas na praia, das oficinas do Diário de Ilhéus, das marinetes saindo pela manhã e a tarde para Itabuna, dos caminhões transportando cacau…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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