férias
/ˈfɛ.ɾjaʃ/
The verdict
“férias” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,572 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,572
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - período de folga a que têm direito trabalhadores e estudantes
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | férias |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɛ.ɾjaʃ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “férias” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for férias is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɛ.ɾjaʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,572 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "período de folga a que têm direito trabalhadores e estudantes".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for férias, with forms such as "fférias", "fréias", and "féiras". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "ferir", "foras", "ferra", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is férias, spelled F-É-R-I-A-S.
Definition
- 1período de folga a que têm direito trabalhadores e estudantes
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fférias,fréias,féiras,férais,fériass,férisa,férrias,éfrias
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of férias - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “férias”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-É-R-I-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɛ.ɾjaʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ferir” - see the side-by-side comparison. férias vs ferir
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.