fenestra
/feˈnɛʃ.tɾɐ/
The verdict
“fenestra” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - janela
Corpus desk
Index PT-fenestra · fenestra · Portuguese
fenestra · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | fenestra |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /feˈnɛʃ.tɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fenestra” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fenestra is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /feˈnɛʃ.tɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fenestra, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is fenestra, spelled F-E-N-E-S-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1janela
- 2abertura natural de um osso ou uma membrana
- 3depressão na cabeça de cupins
- 4depressão na cabeça de outras espécies de insetos
- 5área transparente ou mancha presente em asas de alguns insetos, especialmente lepidópteros
Synonyms
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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.