fécula
/ˈfɛ.ku.lɐ/
The verdict
“fécula” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,765 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,765
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - substância farinácea derivada do processamento de vários tipos de tubérculos e raízes
Corpus desk
Index PT-fecula · fécula · Portuguese
fécula · rank #95,765 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,765
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH expectável
Nearest frequency peer: expectável (-36 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 “fécula”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- esculhambaç…
esculhambação
4,292 corpus weight
- estagnar
estagnar
4,285 corpus weight
- estratosfér…
estratosférico
4,281 corpus weight
- eutrofização
eutrofização
4,276 corpus weight
- expectável
expectável
4,272 corpus weight
- fécula
fécula
4,236 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fécula” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fécula |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɛ.ku.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fécula” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fécula is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,765 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɛ.ku.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
fécula doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is fécula, spelled F-É-C-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1substância farinácea derivada do processamento de vários tipos de tubérculos e raízes
- 2o amido seco e farináceo extraído de vegetais, como a maisena
- 3amido de batata
This word in other languages
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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