faina
/ˈfaj.nɐ/
The verdict
“faina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,955 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,955
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - trabalho forçado ou aturado
Corpus desk
Index PT-faina · faina · Portuguese
faina · rank #73,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,955
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH faringite
Nearest frequency peer: faringite (+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 “faina”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- esquadro
esquadro
26,066 corpus weight
- evasiva
evasiva
26,058 corpus weight
- faina
faina
26,046 corpus weight
- faringite
faringite
26,039 corpus weight
- fertilizar
fertilizar
26,033 corpus weight
- fisiologista
fisiologista
26,030 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “faina” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaj.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “faina” em português
Rare enough to double-check
faina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,955 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfaj.nɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faina, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is faina, spelled F-A-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1trabalho forçado ou aturado
- 2lida
- 3serviço a bordo de um navio
Synonyms
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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