fatality

/feɪˈtælɪti/

//feɪˈtælɪti// noun

The verdict

“fatality” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,583 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,583
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fatalidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-fatality · fatality · Portuguese

fatality · rank #85,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,583
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fidedigno

Nearest frequency peer: fidedigno (+4 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “fatality”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fatality” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fatality
PropertyValue
Headwordfatality
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/feɪˈtælɪti/
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,583
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fatality” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).fatalitycai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “fidedigno” (#85,587), “finura” (#85,589), “esporo” (#85,565). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fatality” fica em #85,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fatality is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,583 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /feɪˈtælɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fatalidade".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fatality, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is fatality, spelled F-A-T-A-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    fatalidade

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fatality"?
"fatality" is spelled F-A-T-A-L-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /feɪˈtælɪti/.
What does "fatality" mean?
As a noun, "fatality" means: fatalidade
How do you pronounce "fatality"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fatality" is /feɪˈtælɪti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fatality" come from?
"fatality" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fatality", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list