feather

/ˈfɛ.ð̥ɚ/

//ˈfɛ.ð̥ɚ// adj

The verdict

“feather” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,351 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,351
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-feather · feather · Portuguese

feather · rank #76,351 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,351
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH felpudo

Nearest frequency peer: felpudo (+1 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 “feather”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for feather
PropertyValue
Headwordfeather
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈfɛ.ð̥ɚ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,351
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “feather” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.feathercai 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: “felpudo” (#76,352), “fermi” (#76,354), “factível” (#76,347). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “feather” fica em #76,351. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

feather is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,351 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfɛ.ð̥ɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "polido, lixado".

No misspelling variants are generated for feather in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is feather, spelled F-E-A-T-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    polido, lixado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. feather edge

Synonyms

feathered

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 "feather"?
"feather" is spelled F-E-A-T-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɛ.ð̥ɚ/.
What does "feather" mean?
As an adjective, "feather" means: polido, lixado
How do you pronounce "feather"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feather" is /ˈfɛ.ð̥ɚ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list