faris
/ˈfa.ɾis/
The verdict
“faris” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,738 among 1,704 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,738
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,704
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pretérito do verbo fari
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faris |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈfa.ɾis/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faris” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
faris is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,738 among 1,704 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈfa.ɾis/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pretérito do verbo fari".
faris doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is faris, spelled F-A-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1pretérito do verbo fari
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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Using “faris”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-A-R-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfa.ɾis/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.