faisão
/faj.ˈzɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“faisão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,353 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,353
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome vulgar de aves galináceas pertencentes à família dos Fasianídeos que apresentam plumagem de grande beleza; seu nome científico é Phasianus colchicus
Corpus desk
Index PT-faisao · faisão · Portuguese
faisão · rank #60,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,353
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fatorial
Nearest frequency peer: fatorial (+8 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 “faisão”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- esmo
esmo
39,668 corpus weight
- evolucionis…
evolucionista
39,660 corpus weight
- faisão
faisão
39,648 corpus weight
- fatorial
fatorial
39,640 corpus weight
- ferrolho
ferrolho
39,636 corpus weight
- flatulência
flatulência
39,631 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “faisão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faisão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /faj.ˈzɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “faisão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
faisão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,353 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /faj.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nome vulgar de aves galináceas pertencentes à família dos Fasianídeos que apresentam plumagem de grande beleza; seu nome científico é Phasianus colchicus".
No misspelling variants are generated for faisão in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is faisão, spelled F-A-I-S-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1nome vulgar de aves galináceas pertencentes à família dos Fasianídeos que apresentam plumagem de grande beleza; seu nome científico é Phasianus colchicus
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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