feder

//fɨ.ˈdeɾ// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,150

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

feder is aPortugueseverb. It means: cheirar mal Pronounced /fɨ.ˈdeɾ/. Often confused with feel and feet.

Key facts for feder
PropertyValue
Headwordfeder
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/fɨ.ˈdeɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#39,150
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for feder is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fɨ.ˈdeɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,150 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "cheirar mal".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for feder, with forms such as "efder", "fdeer", and "fedder". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "feel", "feet", "foder", 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 feder, spelled F-E-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    cheirar mal

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efder,fdeer,fedder,federr,fedre,feedr,ffeder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for feder

Misspelling Variants of "feder"

efder5fdeer5fedder6federr6fedre5feedr5ffeder6
Misspelling Variants of "feder"

Frequency rank: #39,150 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feder"?
"feder" is spelled F-E-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /fɨ.ˈdeɾ/.
What does "feder" mean?
As a verb, "feder" means: cheirar mal
What words are commonly confused with "feder"?
"feder" is commonly confused with "feel", "feet", "foder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feder" is /fɨ.ˈdeɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feder" come from?
"feder" 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.