facínora
/fɐ.ˈsi.nu.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“facínora” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se de homem perverso, assassino, um grande criminoso
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | facínora |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fɐ.ˈsi.nu.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “facínora” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for facínora is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fɐ.ˈsi.nu.ɾɐ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "diz-se de homem perverso, assassino, um grande criminoso".
facínora has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is facínora, spelled F-A-C-Í-N-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1diz-se de homem perverso, assassino, um grande criminoso
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “facínora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-A-C-Í-N-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fɐ.ˈsi.nu.ɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.