faca

//ˈfa.kɐ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,903

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

faca is aPortuguesenoun. It means: qualquer objeto cortante capaz de ser empunhado Pronounced /ˈfa.kɐ/. It ranks #4,903 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with FC and fan.

Key facts for faca
PropertyValue
Headwordfaca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfa.kɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,903
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of faca in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for faca is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfa.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,903 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for faca, with forms such as "afca", "faac", and "facca". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FC", "fan", "fax", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is faca, spelled F-A-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualquer objeto cortante capaz de ser empunhado
  2. 2
    instrumento cortante composto de lâmina e cabo
  3. 3
    punhal usado por caçadores; corta-papel
  4. 4
    molusco comestível
  5. 5
    ponteiro do relógio de sol, que costuma ser um ferro triangular

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afca,faac,facca,fcaa,ffaca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for faca

Misspelling Variants of "faca"

afca4faac4facca5fcaa4ffaca5
Misspelling Variants of "faca"

Frequency rank: #4,903 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faca"?
"faca" is spelled F-A-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfa.kɐ/.
What does "faca" mean?
As a noun, "faca" means: qualquer objeto cortante capaz de ser empunhado
What words are commonly confused with "faca"?
"faca" is commonly confused with "FC", "fan", "fax". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "faca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faca" is /ˈfa.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faca" come from?
"faca" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.