feijão

//fɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,737

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

feijão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: nome vulgar de plantas volúveis da família das leguminosas também chamadas de feijoeiro Pronounced /fɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #5,737 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with feio and feito.

Key facts for feijão
PropertyValue
Headwordfeijão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,737
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for feijão is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,737 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 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 feijão, with forms such as "efijão", "feijjão", and "feijoã". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "feio", "feito", "feita", 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 feijão, spelled F-E-I-J-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nome vulgar de plantas volúveis da família das leguminosas também chamadas de feijoeiro
  2. 2
    grão do feijoeiro, usado na alimentação

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efijão,feijjão,feijoã,feiãjo,fejião,ffeijão,fiejão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for feijão

Misspelling Variants of "feijão"

efijão6feijjão7feijoã6feiãjo6fejião6ffeijão7fiejão6
Misspelling Variants of "feijão"

Frequency rank: #5,737 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feijão"?
"feijão" is spelled F-E-I-J-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /fɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/.
What does "feijão" mean?
As a noun, "feijão" means: nome vulgar de plantas volúveis da família das leguminosas também chamadas de feijoeiro
What words are commonly confused with "feijão"?
"feijão" is commonly confused with "feio", "feito", "feita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feijão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feijão" is /fɐj.ˈʒɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feijão" come from?
"feijão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.