afinco

/ɐ.ˈfĩ.ku/

//ɐ.ˈfĩ.ku// noun

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The verdict

“afinco” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #36,310. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,310
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de afincar

Corpus desk

Index PT-afinco · afinco · Portuguese

afinco · rank #36,310 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,310
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH agi

Nearest frequency peer: agi (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “afinco”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “afinco” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

afinco vs avanço
50% similar
afinco vs afinal
67% similar
afinco vs afinar
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for afinco
PropertyValue
Headwordafinco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈfĩ.ku/
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,310
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “afinco”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).afincocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “agi” (#36,311), “alla” (#36,313), “acoplado” (#36,305). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “afinco” fica em #36,310. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around afinco (IPA /ɐ.ˈfĩ.ku/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,310 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for afinco, with forms such as "affinco", "aficno", and "afincco". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "avanço", "afinal", "afinar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is afinco, spelled A-F-I-N-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de afincar
  2. 2
    insistência; com vontade; com pertinácia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how afinco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Trabalhar com afinco

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affinco
  • aficno
  • afincco
  • afinnco
  • afinoc
  • afnico
  • aifnco
  • fainco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of afinco - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

affinco1aficno2afincco1afinnco1afinoc2afnico2aifnco2fainco2
Edit distance from "afinco"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "afinco"?
"afinco" is spelled A-F-I-N-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈfĩ.ku/.
What does "afinco" mean?
As a noun, "afinco" means: ato de afincar
What words are commonly confused with "afinco"?
"afinco" is commonly confused with "avanço", "afinal", "afinar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "afinco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afinco" is /ɐ.ˈfĩ.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afinco" come from?
"afinco" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "afinco", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list