fault
/fɔːlt/; /fɒlt/
The verdict
“fault” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,743 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,743
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - culpa
Corpus desk
Index PT-fault · fault · Portuguese
fault · rank #52,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,743
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH ferrenha
Nearest frequency peer: ferrenha (+3 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 “fault”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- exortação
exortação
47,263 corpus weight
- fault
fault
47,258 corpus weight
- ferrenha
ferrenha
47,255 corpus weight
- filmografia
filmografia
47,253 corpus weight
- fingido
fingido
47,252 corpus weight
- folículo
folículo
47,245 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fault” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fault |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɔːlt/; /fɒlt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fault” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fault is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,743 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɔːlt/; /fɒlt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
fault doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is fault, spelled F-A-U-L-T.
Definition
- 1culpa
- 2defeito; falha
- 3falha
- 4falta
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.
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