fastígio
The verdict
“fastígio” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - posição eminente
Corpus desk
Index PT-fastigio · fastígio · Portuguese
fastígio · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fastígio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fastígio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fastígio is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for fastígio in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is fastígio, spelled F-A-S-T-Í-G-I-O.
Definition
- 1posição eminente
- 2o ponto mais alto
- 3cume, cimo, auge
- 4plenitude, esplendor
- 5disposição dos ramos de uma árvore em plano horizontal, acima de certa altura
- 6ornato que se colocava no topo dos templos romanos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fastígio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Está no fastígio da sua forma.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.