fair

//fɛːɐ̯/ ouvir^(fonte ?)/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,248

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fair is anPortugueseadj. It means: justo Pronounced /fɛːɐ̯/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Often confused with foi and for.

Key facts for fair
PropertyValue
Headwordfair
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/fɛːɐ̯/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,248
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fair is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fɛːɐ̯/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Corpus data places it at rank #12,248 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "justo".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for fair, with forms such as "afir", "fairr", and "fari". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foi", "for", "fim", 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 fair, spelled F-A-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    justo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afir,fairr,fari,ffair,fiar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fair

Misspelling Variants of "fair"

afir4fairr5fari4ffair5fiar4
Misspelling Variants of "fair"

Frequency rank: #12,248 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fair"?
"fair" is spelled F-A-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /fɛːɐ̯/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "fair" mean?
As an adj, "fair" means: justo
What words are commonly confused with "fair"?
"fair" is commonly confused with "foi", "for", "fim". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fair"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fair" is /fɛːɐ̯/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fair" come from?
"fair" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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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.