fácil
/ˈfa.siɫ/
The verdict
“fácil” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #464. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #464
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,704
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se do que não é nem duro nem difícil de se realizar, daquilo que não exige muito trabalho ou esforço
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fácil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfa.siɫ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fácil” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around fácil (IPA /ˈfa.siɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #464 among 1,704 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fácil, with forms such as "fcáil", "ffácil", and "fáccil". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "fal", "fil", "fair", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is fácil, spelled F-Á-C-I-L.
Definition
- 1diz-se do que não é nem duro nem difícil de se realizar, daquilo que não exige muito trabalho ou esforço
- 2livre de dor, desconforto, preocupações
- 3não difícil de convencer
- 4rapidamente compreensível
- 5precipitado, não pensado
- 6leviano, que se deixa conquistar sem dificuldade
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fcáil,ffácil,fáccil,fácill,fácli,fáicl,áfcil
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fácil - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “fácil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-Á-C-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfa.siɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fal” - see the side-by-side comparison. fácil vs fal
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
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.