fardo
/ˈfaɾ.du/
The verdict
“fardo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,849. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,849
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,704
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - embrulho
Corpus desk
Index PT-fardo · fardo · Portuguese
fardo · rank #14,849 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,849
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,704
- PHOTO-FINISH excluído
Nearest frequency peer: excluído (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “fardo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- esqueleto
esqueleto
85,160 corpus weight
- excluído
excluído
85,155 corpus weight
- fardo
fardo
85,152 corpus weight
- frito
frito
85,148 corpus weight
- gel
gel
85,146 corpus weight
- glorioso
glorioso
85,145 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fardo” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | fardo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaɾ.du/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fardo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around fardo (IPA /ˈfaɾ.du/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,849 among 1,704 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fardo, with forms such as "afrdo", "fadro", and "farddo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fato", "frio", "foro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is fardo, spelled F-A-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1embrulho
- 2pacote de erva, palha ou vegetais secos
- 3carga
- 4coletivo de tecidos
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afrdo
- fadro
- farddo
- farod
- farrdo
- ffardo
- frado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fardo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fardo", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.