feijoo
/fei.'ʃo.o/
The verdict
“feijoo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Corpus desk
Index PT-feijoo · feijoo · Portuguese
feijoo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feijoo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fei.'ʃo.o/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “feijoo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
feijoo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /fei.'ʃo.o/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris)".
No misspelling variants are generated for feijoo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is feijoo, spelled F-E-I-J-O-O.
Definition
- 1feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.