fatela

/fɐ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/

//fɐ.ˈtɛ.lɐ// adj

The verdict

“fatela” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,069 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,069
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de mau gosto, de má qualidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-fatela · fatela · Portuguese

fatela · rank #82,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,069
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fitar

Nearest frequency peer: fitar (+13 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 “fatela”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fatela
PropertyValue
Headwordfatela
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/fɐ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#82,069
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fatela” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).fatelacai 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: “fitar” (#82,082), “espumoso” (#82,053), “flagelação” (#82,085). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fatela” fica em #82,069. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fatela is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,069 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fɐ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "de mau gosto, de má qualidade".

No misspelling variants are generated for fatela in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 fatela, spelled F-A-T-E-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    de mau gosto, de má qualidade

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 "fatela"?
"fatela" is spelled F-A-T-E-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /fɐ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/.
What does "fatela" mean?
As an adjective, "fatela" means: de mau gosto, de má qualidade
How do you pronounce "fatela"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fatela" is /fɐ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fatela" come from?
"fatela" 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 "fatela", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list