feige

/ˈfaɪ̯ɡə/ ouvir^(fonte ?)

//ˈfaɪ̯ɡə/ ouvir^(fonte ?)/ adj

The verdict

“feige” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,886 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,886
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-feige · feige · Portuguese

feige · rank #82,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,886
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH falsificador

Nearest frequency peer: falsificador (-5 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 “feige”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for feige
PropertyValue
Headwordfeige
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈfaɪ̯ɡə/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,886
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “feige” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).feigecai 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: “falsificador” (#82,881), “Flavius” (#82,893), “fratricida” (#82,900). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “feige” fica em #82,886. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

feige is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,886 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfaɪ̯ɡə/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "covarde".

Zero misspellings are on record for feige in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is feige, spelled F-E-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    covarde

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 "feige"?
"feige" is spelled F-E-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfaɪ̯ɡə/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "feige" mean?
As an adjective, "feige" means: covarde
How do you pronounce "feige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feige" is /ˈfaɪ̯ɡə/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feige" come from?
"feige" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list