falecer

verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,870

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

falecer is aPortugueseverb. It means: morrer

Key facts for falecer
PropertyValue
Headwordfalecer
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,870
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for falecer is 7 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #18,870 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for falecer, with forms such as "aflecer", "faelcer", and "falceer". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 falecer, spelled F-A-L-E-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    morrer
  2. 2
    haver falta ou carência, faltar, escassear:

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aflecer,faelcer,falceer,faleccer,falecerr,falecre,faleecr,fallecer,ffalecer,flaecer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for falecer

Misspelling Variants of "falecer"

aflecer7faelcer7falceer7faleccer8falecerr8falecre7faleecr7fallecer8
Misspelling Variants of "falecer"

Frequency rank: #18,870 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "falecer"?
"falecer" is spelled F-A-L-E-C-E-R.
What does "falecer" mean?
As a verb, "falecer" means: morrer
What are common misspellings of "falecer"?
Common misspellings include "aflecer", "faelcer", "falceer", "faleccer", "falecerr". The correct spelling is "falecer".
What language does "falecer" come from?
"falecer" 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.