fascinante
The verdict
“fascinante” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,896 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,896
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que fascina
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fascinante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fascinante” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for fascinante is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #8,896 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que fascina".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for fascinante, with forms such as "afscinante", "facsinante", and "fasccinante". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is fascinante, spelled F-A-S-C-I-N-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1que fascina
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afscinante,facsinante,fasccinante,fasciannte,fascinanet,fascinannte,fascinantte,fascinatne,fascinnante,fascinnate,fascniante,fasicnante,fasscinante,ffascinante,fsacinante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fascinante - 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.
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Using “fascinante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-A-S-C-I-N-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.