fachada

//fɐ.ˈʃa.dɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,651

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

fachada is aPortuguesenoun. It means: frontaria de um edifício Pronounced /fɐ.ˈʃa.dɐ/. It ranks #6,651 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with fechado and fechada.

Key facts for fachada
PropertyValue
Headwordfachada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fɐ.ˈʃa.dɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,651
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fachada is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fɐ.ˈʃa.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,651 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for fachada, with forms such as "afchada", "facahda", and "facchada". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "fechado", "fechada", "falhado", 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 fachada, spelled F-A-C-H-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    frontaria de um edifício
  2. 2
    frontaria de qualquer tipo de edificação
  3. 3
    frontispício de um livro
  4. 4
    semblante

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afchada,facahda,facchada,fachaad,fachadda,fachdaa,fachhada,fahcada,fcahada,ffachada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fachada

Misspelling Variants of "fachada"

afchada7facahda7facchada8fachaad7fachadda8fachdaa7fachhada8fahcada7
Misspelling Variants of "fachada"

Frequency rank: #6,651 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fachada"?
"fachada" is spelled F-A-C-H-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /fɐ.ˈʃa.dɐ/.
What does "fachada" mean?
As a noun, "fachada" means: frontaria de um edifício
What words are commonly confused with "fachada"?
"fachada" is commonly confused with "fechado", "fechada", "falhado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fachada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fachada" is /fɐ.ˈʃa.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fachada" come from?
"fachada" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.