faixa de pedestre

phrase

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The verdict

“faixa de pedestre” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - área, em via pública, normalmente caracterizada por faixa de listras brancas (ou amarelas) pintadas no pavimento ou demarcada por balizas, usada para os pedestres atravessarem as ruas

Key facts for faixa de pedestre
PropertyValue
Headwordfaixa de pedestre
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “faixa de pedestre” sits in Portuguese frequency

faixa de pedestre falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faixa de pedestre is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "área, em via pública, normalmente caracterizada por faixa de listras brancas (ou amarelas) pintadas no pavimento ou demarcada por balizas, usada para os pedestres atravessarem as ruas".

faixa de pedestre has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is faixa de pedestre, spelled F-A-I-X-A- -D-E- -P-E-D-E-S-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    área, em via pública, normalmente caracterizada por faixa de listras brancas (ou amarelas) pintadas no pavimento ou demarcada por balizas, usada para os pedestres atravessarem as ruas

Synonyms

faixa de pedestres

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faixa de pedestre"?
"faixa de pedestre" is spelled F-A-I-X-A- -D-E- -P-E-D-E-S-T-R-E.
What does "faixa de pedestre" mean?
As a phrase, "faixa de pedestre" means: área, em via pública, normalmente caracterizada por faixa de listras brancas (ou amarelas) pintadas no pavimento ou demarcada por balizas, usada para os pedestres atravessarem as ruas
What language does "faixa de pedestre" come from?
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Using “faixa de pedestre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-A-I-X-A- -D-E- -P-E-D-E-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list