fecho

//ˈfɐj.ʃu// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,190

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

fecho is aPortuguesenoun. It means: qualquer objeto com que se fecha alguma coisa Pronounced /ˈfɐj.ʃu/. It ranks #9,190 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with foco and feio.

Key facts for fecho
PropertyValue
Headwordfecho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfɐj.ʃu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,190
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fecho in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fecho is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɐj.ʃu/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,190 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for fecho, with forms such as "efcho", "fceho", and "feccho". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "foco", "feio", "feto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is fecho, spelled F-E-C-H-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualquer objeto com que se fecha alguma coisa
  2. 2
    trinco; ferrolho
  3. 3
    remate; acabamento; fim
  4. 4
    conjunto que contém todos os resultados de uma operação de outro menor
  5. 5
    parede de pedras postas em cunha feita no borde mesmo de um rio para evitar a erosão

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efcho,fceho,feccho,fechho,fecoh,fehco,ffecho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fecho

Misspelling Variants of "fecho"

efcho5fceho5feccho6fechho6fecoh5fehco5ffecho6
Misspelling Variants of "fecho"

Frequency rank: #9,190 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fecho"?
"fecho" is spelled F-E-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɐj.ʃu/.
What does "fecho" mean?
As a noun, "fecho" means: qualquer objeto com que se fecha alguma coisa
What words are commonly confused with "fecho"?
"fecho" is commonly confused with "foco", "feio", "feto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fecho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fecho" is /ˈfɐj.ʃu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fecho" come from?
"fecho" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.