enfiado

adj

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“enfiado” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,706. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,706
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se enfiou

Corpus desk

Index PT-enfiado · enfiado · Portuguese

enfiado · rank #29,706 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,706
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH encorajamento

Nearest frequency peer: encorajamento (-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 “enfiado”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “enfiado” 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).

enfiado vs enfiar
71% similar
enfiado vs enojado
71% similar
enfiado vs enfiada
86% similar

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

Key facts for enfiado
PropertyValue
Headwordenfiado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,706
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “enfiado”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).enfiadocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “encorajamento” (#29,705), “encolher” (#29,704), “efetividade” (#29,699). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “enfiado” fica em #29,706. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around enfiado, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,706 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for enfiado, with forms such as "efniado", "enfaido", and "enffiado". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "enfiar", "enojado", "enfiada", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is enfiado, spelled E-N-F-I-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se enfiou
  2. 2
    em que se passou um fio por orifício
  3. 3
    colocado
  4. 4
    muito concentrado, metido
  5. 5
    perturbado, turbado, assustado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Enfiado nos estudos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efniado
  • enfaido
  • enffiado
  • enfiaddo
  • enfiaod
  • enfidao
  • enifado
  • ennfiado
  • nefiado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enfiado - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

efniado2enfaido2enffiado1enfiaddo1enfiaod2enfidao2enifado2ennfiado1
Edit distance from "enfiado"

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 "enfiado"?
"enfiado" is spelled E-N-F-I-A-D-O.
What does "enfiado" mean?
As an adjective, "enfiado" means: que se enfiou
What words are commonly confused with "enfiado"?
"enfiado" is commonly confused with "enfiar", "enojado", "enfiada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "enfiado" come from?
"enfiado" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cátedra#29,665imaturo#29,774lagosta#29,800bobeira#29,610

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

ebulição9 variantsdesdém9 variantscripta9 variantspaisana9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list