fatorial

/fa.tu.ˈɾjaɫ/

//fa.tu.ˈɾjaɫ// noun

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The verdict

“fatorial” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,361 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,361
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - produto cujos fatores estão em progressão aritmética

Corpus desk

Index PT-fatorial · fatorial · Portuguese

fatorial · rank #60,361 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,361
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH ferrolho

Nearest frequency peer: ferrolho (+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 “fatorial”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fatorial
PropertyValue
Headwordfatorial
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fa.tu.ˈɾjaɫ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,361
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fatorial” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.fatorialcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “ferrolho” (#60,365), “faisão” (#60,353), “flatulência” (#60,370). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fatorial” fica em #60,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fatorial is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,361 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fa.tu.ˈɾjaɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fatorial, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is fatorial, spelled F-A-T-O-R-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    produto cujos fatores estão em progressão aritmética
  2. 2
    produto de vários números consecutivos, sendo o primeiro a unidade [o fatorial de n (número inteiro qualquer): significa 1 × 2 × 3 × ... × n, produto que tem por notação: n!]

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Isso faz com que existam 120 possíveis rotas para o mesmo resultado (5!, cinco fatorial).

This word in other languages

factorial(English)factorial(Español)factorielle(Français)Fakultät(Deutsch)

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 "fatorial"?
"fatorial" is spelled F-A-T-O-R-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /fa.tu.ˈɾjaɫ/.
What does "fatorial" mean?
As a noun, "fatorial" means: produto cujos fatores estão em progressão aritmética
How do you pronounce "fatorial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fatorial" is /fa.tu.ˈɾjaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fatorial" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

ferrolho#60,365inanição#60,427deferido#60,255cozedura#60,242

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list