faiança
/faj.ɐ̃.ˈsɐ/
The verdict
“faiança” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #70,998 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #70,998
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - forma de cerâmica branca, que possui uma massa cerâmica menos rica em caulim do que a porcelana e é associada a argilas mais plásticas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faiança |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /faj.ɐ̃.ˈsɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faiança” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for faiança is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /faj.ɐ̃.ˈsɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #70,998 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "forma de cerâmica branca, que possui uma massa cerâmica menos rica em caulim do que a porcelana e é associada a argilas mais plásticas".
No misspelling variants are generated for faiança in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is faiança, spelled F-A-I-A-N-Ç-A.
Definition
- 1forma de cerâmica branca, que possui uma massa cerâmica menos rica em caulim do que a porcelana e é associada a argilas mais plásticas
This word in other languages
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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Using “faiança”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-A-I-A-N-Ç-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /faj.ɐ̃.ˈsɐ/ (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.