afixo
/ɐ.ˈfi.ksu/
The verdict
“afixo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fixado a
Corpus desk
Index PT-afixo · afixo · Portuguese
afixo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afixo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈfi.ksu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “afixo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
afixo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐ.ˈfi.ksu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
afixo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is afixo, spelled A-F-I-X-O.
Definition
- 1fixado a
- 2unido
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.