fala
/ˈfa.lɐ/
The verdict
“fala” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #415 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #415
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expressão através da utilização da palavra
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fala |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfa.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fala” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for fala is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for fala, with forms such as "afla", "faal", and "falla". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is fala, spelled F-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1expressão através da utilização da palavra
- 2sons emitidos por animais que imitam a fala humana
- 3tom de voz
- 4estilo, maneira de falar
- 5uso da língua por um determinado indivíduo, numa determinada ocasião; realização individual da língua
- 6maneira de falar de certa região
- 7parte que cada um dos interlocutores diz, num diálogo
- 8discurso feito publicamente
- 9idioma galaico-português falada numa região da Extremadura espanhola, junto à fronteira com Portugal
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afla,faal,falla,ffala,flaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fala - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “fala”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-A-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfa.lɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fan” - see the side-by-side comparison. fala vs fan
- 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.