fancy
The verdict
“fancy” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #44,853. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,853
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - admirar
Corpus desk
Index PT-fancy · fancy · Portuguese
fancy · rank #44,853 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,853
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH extensamente
Nearest frequency peer: extensamente (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “fancy”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Escandinávia
Escandinávia
55,159 corpus weight
- esquadrilha
esquadrilha
55,157 corpus weight
- extensamente
extensamente
55,150 corpus weight
- fancy
fancy
55,148 corpus weight
- figurado
figurado
55,141 corpus weight
- filantrópico
filantrópico
55,140 corpus weight
What this shows “fancy” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | fancy |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #44,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “fancy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around fancy, averb. Corpus frequency is #44,853 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fancy, with forms such as "afncy", "facny", and "fanccy". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "fang", "França", "franco", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is fancy, spelled F-A-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1admirar
- 2imaginar
- 3imaginar, achar (considerar a si)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fancy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Never Trust A Rogue: An Heiress In London Novel
How could she fancy herself a detective when she had leaped to such a wildly inaccurate conclusion based on flimsy circumstantial evidence
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afncy
- facny
- fanccy
- fancyy
- fanncy
- fanyc
- ffancy
- fnacy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fancy - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "fancy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).