falto
/ˈfaɫ.tu/
The verdict
“falto” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,493 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,493
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que carece de
Corpus desk
Index PT-falto · falto · Portuguese
falto · rank #65,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,493
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH exalar
Nearest frequency peer: exalar (-7 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 “falto”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- etéreo
etéreo
34,517 corpus weight
- exalar
exalar
34,515 corpus weight
- falto
falto
34,508 corpus weight
- florir
florir
34,501 corpus weight
- fritada
fritada
34,492 corpus weight
- frutuoso
frutuoso
34,491 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “falto” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | falto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfaɫ.tu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “falto” em português
Rare enough to double-check
falto is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,493 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfaɫ.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for falto, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is falto, spelled F-A-L-T-O.
Definition
- 1que carece de
- 2que está desprovido
- 3que tem falta de, que está sem algo necessário
- 4imperfeito, com defeito
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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