fake

adj

The verdict

“fake” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,887. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,887
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ver falso

Corpus desk

Index PT-fake · fake · Portuguese

fake · rank #12,887 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,887
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fascismo

Nearest frequency peer: fascismo (+2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “fake”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “fake” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fake vs fan
50% similar
fake vs fax
50% similar
fake vs fal
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fake
PropertyValue
Headwordfake
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,887
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “fake”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).fakecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “fascismo” (#12,889), “estilista” (#12,882), “firmado” (#12,893). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fake” fica em #12,887. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around fake, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,887 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ver falso".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for fake, with forms such as "afke", "faek", and "fakke". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fan", "fax", "fal", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is fake, spelled F-A-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ver falso

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A conclusão da New York Magazine é clara: na internet, a medição (de audiência) é fake, as pessoas (que veem internet) são fake, o conteúdo é fake, o business como um todo é fake e o controle governamental, fake.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afke
  • faek
  • fakke
  • ffake
  • fkae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fake - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

afke2faek2fakke1ffake1fkae2
Edit distance from "fake"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fake"?
"fake" is spelled F-A-K-E.
What does "fake" mean?
As an adjective, "fake" means: ver falso
What words are commonly confused with "fake"?
"fake" is commonly confused with "fan", "fax", "fal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "fake" come from?
"fake" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fake", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list