falência

noun

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The verdict

“falência” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,285. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,285
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de decretar o fim das atividades de algo

Corpus desk

Index PT-falencia · falência · Portuguese

falência · rank #7,285 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,285
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH farmácia

Nearest frequency peer: farmácia (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “falência”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “falência” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

falência vs falésia
63% similar
falência vs fluência
75% similar
falência vs falácia
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for falência
PropertyValue
Headwordfalência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,285
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “falência”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).falênciacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “farmácia” (#7,286), “exclusão” (#7,282), “frequente” (#7,289). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “falência” fica em #7,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around falência, anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,285 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for falência, with forms such as "aflência", "fallência", and "falnêcia". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "falésia", "fluência", "falácia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is falência, spelled F-A-L-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de decretar o fim das atividades de algo
  2. 2
    execução judicial de comerciante devedor

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how falência appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Esta falência imporia um tal dano à economia e à sociedade que justifica o custo da operação.

Synonyms

bancarrota

This word in other languages

bankruptcy(English)falencia(Español)faillite(Français)Konkurs(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aflência
  • fallência
  • falnêcia
  • falêcnia
  • falêncai
  • falênccia
  • falênica
  • falênncia
  • faêlncia
  • ffalência
  • flaência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of falência - 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.

aflência2fallência1falnêcia2falêcnia2falêncai2falênccia1falênica2falênncia1
Edit distance from "falência"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "falência"?
"falência" is spelled F-A-L-Ê-N-C-I-A.
What does "falência" mean?
As a noun, "falência" means: ato de decretar o fim das atividades de algo
What words are commonly confused with "falência"?
"falência" is commonly confused with "falésia", "fluência", "falácia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "falência" come from?
"falência" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "falência", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

farmácia#7,286exclusão#7,282barragem#7,251porcaria#7,320

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

apreciar11 variantsquebrado11 variantsrapariga11 variantsdelegação11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list