férias

//ˈfɛ.ɾjaʃ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,572

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

férias is aPortuguesenoun. It means: período de folga a que têm direito trabalhadores e estudantes Pronounced /ˈfɛ.ɾjaʃ/. It ranks #1,572 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ferir and foras.

Key facts for férias
PropertyValue
Headwordférias
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfɛ.ɾjaʃ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,572
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for férias is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for férias, with forms such as "fférias", "fréias", and "féiras". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "ferir", "foras", "ferra", and more, 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 férias, spelled F-É-R-I-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    período de folga a que têm direito trabalhadores e estudantes

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fférias,fréias,féiras,férais,fériass,férisa,férrias,éfrias

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for férias

Misspelling Variants of "férias"

fférias7fréias6féiras6férais6fériass7férisa6férrias7éfrias6
Misspelling Variants of "férias"

Frequency rank: #1,572 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "férias"?
"férias" is spelled F-É-R-I-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɛ.ɾjaʃ/.
What does "férias" mean?
As a noun, "férias" means: período de folga a que têm direito trabalhadores e estudantes
What words are commonly confused with "férias"?
"férias" is commonly confused with "ferir", "foras", "ferra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "férias"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "férias" is /ˈfɛ.ɾjaʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "férias" come from?
"férias" 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.