fagulha
/fɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“fagulha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,484 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,484
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - centelha
Corpus desk
Index PT-fagulha · fagulha · Portuguese
fagulha · rank #67,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,484
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH experimentali…
Nearest frequency peer: experimentalismo (-7 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 “fagulha”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- estarrecido
estarrecido
32,534 corpus weight
- excecional
excecional
32,527 corpus weight
- excited
excited
32,525 corpus weight
- experimenta…
experimentalismo
32,524 corpus weight
- fagulha
fagulha
32,517 corpus weight
- franzino
franzino
32,499 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fagulha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fagulha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fagulha” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fagulha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,484 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɐ.ˈɡu.ʎɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fagulha in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is fagulha, spelled F-A-G-U-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1centelha
- 2faísca
- 3chispa
- 4faúlha
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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