afoito
The verdict
“afoito” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,717 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,717
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - apressado, agitado, ansioso
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afoito |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “afoito” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
afoito is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,717 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "apressado, agitado, ansioso".
Zero misspellings are on record for afoito in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 afoito, spelled A-F-O-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1apressado, agitado, ansioso
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.
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Using “afoito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-F-O-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.