falai
/faˈlaj/ [faˈlaɪ̯]
The verdict
“falai” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,178 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,178
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - segunda pessoa do plural do imperativo afirmativo do verbo falar
Corpus desk
Index PT-falai · falai · Portuguese
falai · rank #62,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,178
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH explanação
Nearest frequency peer: explanação (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “falai”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- entoar
entoar
37,847 corpus weight
- estola
estola
37,834 corpus weight
- explanação
explanação
37,825 corpus weight
- falai
falai
37,823 corpus weight
- fier
fier
37,818 corpus weight
- flicker
flicker
37,813 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “falai” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | falai |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /faˈlaj/ [faˈlaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “falai” em português
Rare enough to double-check
falai is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,178 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /faˈlaj/ [faˈlaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "segunda pessoa do plural do imperativo afirmativo do verbo falar".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for falai, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 falai, spelled F-A-L-A-I.
Definition
- 1segunda pessoa do plural do imperativo afirmativo do verbo falar
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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