fema

noun

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The verdict

“fema” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,200 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,200
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indivídua do sexo feminino

Corpus desk

Index PT-fema · fema · Portuguese

fema · rank #66,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,200
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fermentar

Nearest frequency peer: fermentar (+2 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 “fema”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fema
PropertyValue
Headwordfema
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#66,200
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fema” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).femacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “fermentar” (#66,202), “fasquia” (#66,195), “fornada” (#66,210). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fema” fica em #66,200. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fema is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,200 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "indivídua do sexo feminino".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fema, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is fema, spelled F-E-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    indivídua do sexo feminino

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fema appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O Alambique e Chão de Massapé
  2. se esta fema te bate.

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 "fema"?
"fema" is spelled F-E-M-A.
What does "fema" mean?
As a noun, "fema" means: indivídua do sexo feminino
What language does "fema" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gens#66,226duce#66,145kala#66,293chas#66,048

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list