fabricava

verb

The verdict

“fabricava” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,799 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,799
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo fabricar

Corpus desk

Index PT-fabricava · fabricava · Portuguese

fabricava · rank #64,799 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,799
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH estufado

Nearest frequency peer: estufado (-7 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “fabricava”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fabricava” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fabricava
PropertyValue
Headwordfabricava
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,799
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fabricava” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.fabricavacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “estufado” (#64,792), “estilística” (#64,789), “estanque” (#64,788). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fabricava” fica em #64,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fabricava is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,799 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fabricava, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Portuguese form is fabricava, spelled F-A-B-R-I-C-A-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo fabricar
  2. 2
    terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo fabricar

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 "fabricava"?
"fabricava" is spelled F-A-B-R-I-C-A-V-A.
What does "fabricava" mean?
As a verb, "fabricava" means: primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo fabricar
What language does "fabricava" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list