faroeste
/fa.ˈɾwɛʃ.tɨ/
The verdict
“faroeste” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,020. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,020
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,704
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gênero de filme que retrata ou simula o oeste norte-americano, ou Velho Oeste, com seus traços mais marcantes como a rusticidade, ocorrência de duelos, a criminalidade, a vida rural dos pioneiros d...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faroeste |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fa.ˈɾwɛʃ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faroeste” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around faroeste (IPA /fa.ˈɾwɛʃ.tɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,020 among 1,704 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gênero de filme que retrata ou simula o oeste norte-americano, ou Velho Oeste, com seus traços mais marcantes como a rusticidade, ocorrência de duelos, a criminalidade, a vida rural dos pioneiros d...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for faroeste, with forms such as "afroeste", "faoreste", and "fareoste". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is faroeste, spelled F-A-R-O-E-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1gênero de filme que retrata ou simula o oeste norte-americano, ou Velho Oeste, com seus traços mais marcantes como a rusticidade, ocorrência de duelos, a criminalidade, a vida rural dos pioneiros de época
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afroeste
- faoreste
- fareoste
- faroeset
- faroesste
- faroestte
- faroetse
- farosete
- farroeste
- ffaroeste
- fraoeste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faroeste - 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.
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 “faroeste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-A-R-O-E-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fa.ˈɾwɛʃ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.