factótum
The verdict
“factótum” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que se ocupa de tudo ou que quer preencher todas as funções de uma casa
Corpus desk
Index PT-factotum · factótum · Portuguese
factótum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | factótum |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “factótum” em português
Rare enough to double-check
factótum is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for factótum, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 factótum, spelled F-A-C-T-Ó-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1aquele que se ocupa de tudo ou que quer preencher todas as funções de uma casa
- 2auxiliar encarregado de assumir todos os negócios de outrem; confidente; administrador; intendente
- 3que se julga capaz de resolver tudo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how factótum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Ela passava a roupa das crianças, atendia o homem ao sair, cuidava da comida, acertava as camas, enfim... Ela era factótum. Fazia tudo, p'ra todo mundo, 24 horas."
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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.