ferradura
/fɨ.Rɐ.ˈdu.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“ferradura” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #35,153 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,153
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - peça de metal, geralmente em formato de U, que se coloca na pata de cavalgadura
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 | ferradura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɨ.Rɐ.ˈdu.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #35,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ferradura” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ferradura is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fɨ.Rɐ.ˈdu.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #35,153 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "peça de metal, geralmente em formato de U, que se coloca na pata de cavalgadura".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ferradura, with forms such as "efrradura", "feradura", and "ferardura". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fechadura", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is ferradura, spelled F-E-R-R-A-D-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1peça de metal, geralmente em formato de U, que se coloca na pata de cavalgadura
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efrradura,feradura,ferardura,ferraddura,ferradrua,ferraduar,ferradurra,ferraudra,ferrdaura,fferradura,freradura
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ferradura - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “ferradura”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-E-R-R-A-D-U-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fɨ.Rɐ.ˈdu.ɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fechadura” - see the side-by-side comparison. ferradura vs fechadura
- 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.