fala

//ˈfa.lɐ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#415

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fala is aPortuguesenoun. It means: expressão através da utilização da palavra Pronounced /ˈfa.lɐ/. It ranks #415 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with fan and fax.

Key facts for fala
PropertyValue
Headwordfala
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfa.lɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#415
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fala is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfa.lɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #415 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for fala, with forms such as "afla", "faal", and "falla". 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, "fan", "fax", "flo", 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 fala, spelled F-A-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    expressão através da utilização da palavra
  2. 2
    sons emitidos por animais que imitam a fala humana
  3. 3
    tom de voz
  4. 4
    estilo, maneira de falar
  5. 5
    uso da língua por um determinado indivíduo, numa determinada ocasião; realização individual da língua
  6. 6
    maneira de falar de certa região
  7. 7
    parte que cada um dos interlocutores diz, num diálogo
  8. 8
    discurso feito publicamente
  9. 9
    idioma galaico-português falada numa região da Extremadura espanhola, junto à fronteira com Portugal

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Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afla,faal,falla,ffala,flaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fala

Misspelling Variants of "fala"

afla4faal4falla5ffala5flaa4
Misspelling Variants of "fala"

Frequency rank: #415 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fala"?
"fala" is spelled F-A-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfa.lɐ/.
What does "fala" mean?
As a noun, "fala" means: expressão através da utilização da palavra
What words are commonly confused with "fala"?
"fala" is commonly confused with "fan", "fax", "flo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fala"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fala" is /ˈfa.lɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fala" come from?
"fala" 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.