fala
/ˈfa.lɐ/
The verdict
“fala” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #415
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressão através da utilização da palavra
Corpus desk
Index PT-fala · fala · Portuguese
fala · rank #415 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #415
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH força
Nearest frequency peer: força (+1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “fala”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- difícil
difícil
99,589 corpus weight
- empresa
empresa
99,588 corpus weight
- fala
fala
99,586 corpus weight
- força
força
99,585 corpus weight
- Internet
Internet
99,584 corpus weight
- passado
passado
99,583 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fala” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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) |
Onde “fala” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around fala (IPA /ˈfa.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #415 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
fala do papagaio
Apresentado uma fala grave, discursou entusiasmadamente.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fala", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "fala". Here's where to go from here.
- "fala" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fan". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #415 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.