fad
/fæd/
The verdict
“fad” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,119 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,119
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - moda
Corpus desk
Index PT-fad · fad · Portuguese
fad · rank #59,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,119
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH falatório
Nearest frequency peer: falatório (+1 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “fad”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- etnologia
etnologia
40,891 corpus weight
- expressioni…
expressionismo
40,885 corpus weight
- expressivam…
expressivamente
40,884 corpus weight
- fad
fad
40,882 corpus weight
- falatório
falatório
40,881 corpus weight
- finder
finder
40,872 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fad” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fad |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fæd/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #59,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fad” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fad is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,119 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fæd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "moda".
Zero misspellings are on record for fad in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is fad, spelled F-A-D.
Definition
- 1moda
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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