fastígio

noun

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.

Key facts for fastígio
PropertyValue
Headwordfastígio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fastígio” em português

fastígiofica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    posição eminente
  2. 2
    o ponto mais alto
  3. 3
    cume, cimo, auge
  4. 4
    plenitude, esplendor
  5. 5
    disposição dos ramos de uma árvore em plano horizontal, acima de certa altura
  6. 6
    ornato que se colocava no topo dos templos romanos

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fastígio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Está no fastígio da sua forma.

Synonyms

altocimacimalhacimeiracimococurutocumecumeeirasumidadezênite

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fastígio"?
"fastígio" is spelled F-A-S-T-Í-G-I-O.
What does "fastígio" mean?
As a noun, "fastígio" means: posição eminente
What language does "fastígio" come from?
"fastígio" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list