fadiga

//fɐ.ˈdi.ɡɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,720

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

fadiga is aPortuguesenoun. It means: sensação de enfraquecimento resultante de esforço físico ou mental Pronounced /fɐ.ˈdi.ɡɐ/. Often confused with faia and faixa.

Key facts for fadiga
PropertyValue
Headwordfadiga
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fɐ.ˈdi.ɡɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,720
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fadiga is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fɐ.ˈdi.ɡɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #19,720 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for fadiga, with forms such as "afdiga", "faddiga", and "fadgia". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "faia", "faixa", "fatia", and more, 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 fadiga, spelled F-A-D-I-G-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sensação de enfraquecimento resultante de esforço físico ou mental
  2. 2
    trabalho cansativo
  3. 3
    redução gradual da resistência de um material ou da sensibilidade de um equipamento, máquina etc. devida ao uso continuado
  4. 4
    desgaste de peça por uso ou atividade

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afdiga,faddiga,fadgia,fadiag,fadigga,faidga,fdaiga,ffadiga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fadiga

Misspelling Variants of "fadiga"

afdiga6faddiga7fadgia6fadiag6fadigga7faidga6fdaiga6ffadiga7
Misspelling Variants of "fadiga"

Frequency rank: #19,720 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fadiga"?
"fadiga" is spelled F-A-D-I-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is /fɐ.ˈdi.ɡɐ/.
What does "fadiga" mean?
As a noun, "fadiga" means: sensação de enfraquecimento resultante de esforço físico ou mental
What words are commonly confused with "fadiga"?
"fadiga" is commonly confused with "faia", "faixa", "fatia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fadiga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fadiga" is /fɐ.ˈdi.ɡɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fadiga" come from?
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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.