fechadura
/fɨ.ʃɐ.ˈdu.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“fechadura” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,387. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,387
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mecanismo que, acionado por uma chave, serve para fechar de forma segura portas, gavetas ou tampas
Corpus desk
Index PT-fechadura · fechadura · Portuguese
fechadura · rank #26,387 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,387
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH feet
Nearest frequency peer: feet (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “fechadura”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- fairy
fairy
73,616 corpus weight
- fechadura
fechadura
73,614 corpus weight
- feet
feet
73,613 corpus weight
- flutuar
flutuar
73,607 corpus weight
- fronte
fronte
73,604 corpus weight
- fábula
fábula
73,601 corpus weight
What this shows “fechadura” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fechadura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɨ.ʃɐ.ˈdu.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “fechadura”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around fechadura (IPA /fɨ.ʃɐ.ˈdu.ɾɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,387 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mecanismo que, acionado por uma chave, serve para fechar de forma segura portas, gavetas ou tampas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fechadura, with forms such as "efchadura", "fcehadura", and "fecahdura". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ferradura", "fechada", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is fechadura, spelled F-E-C-H-A-D-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1mecanismo que, acionado por uma chave, serve para fechar de forma segura portas, gavetas ou tampas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fechadura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Não vás contar que mudei a fechadura”, canção do álbum “Biografias do Amor”, do cantautor português Sérgio Godinho.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efchadura
- fcehadura
- fecahdura
- fecchadura
- fechaddura
- fechadrua
- fechaduar
- fechadurra
- fechaudra
- fechdaura
- fechhadura
- fehcadura
- ffechadura
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fechadura - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fechadura", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).