feminino

//fe.mɪ.ˈni.nʊ// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,233

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

feminino is anPortugueseadj. It means: relativo a fêmeas, a mulheres ou próprio delas Pronounced /fe.mɪ.ˈni.nʊ/. It ranks #2,233 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with feminismo and feminina.

Key facts for feminino
PropertyValue
Headwordfeminino
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/fe.mɪ.ˈni.nʊ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,233
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for feminino is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fe.mɪ.ˈni.nʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,233 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for feminino, with forms such as "efminino", "feimnino", and "femiinno". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "feminismo", "feminina", 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 feminino, spelled F-E-M-I-N-I-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo a fêmeas, a mulheres ou próprio delas
  2. 2
    relacionado ou característico do organismo que produz óvulos
  3. 3
    que possui somente pistilo (flor)
  4. 4
    relativo a uma das flexões de gênero gramatical, em contraste com o masculino e, em alguns idiomas, com o neutro

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efminino,feimnino,femiinno,femininno,feminion,feminnino,feminnio,femminino,femniino,ffeminino,fmeinino

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for feminino

Misspelling Variants of "feminino"

efminino8feimnino8femiinno8femininno9feminion8feminnino9feminnio8femminino9
Misspelling Variants of "feminino"

Frequency rank: #2,233 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feminino"?
"feminino" is spelled F-E-M-I-N-I-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is /fe.mɪ.ˈni.nʊ/.
What does "feminino" mean?
As an adj, "feminino" means: relativo a fêmeas, a mulheres ou próprio delas
What words are commonly confused with "feminino"?
"feminino" is commonly confused with "feminismo", "feminina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feminino"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feminino" is /fe.mɪ.ˈni.nʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feminino" come from?
"feminino" 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.