fétido
/ˈfɛ.ti.du/
The verdict
“fétido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,818 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,818
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que exala cheiro desagradável; fedido
Corpus desk
Index PT-fetido · fétido · Portuguese
fétido · rank #64,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,818
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH futurismo
Nearest frequency peer: futurismo (-1 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “fétido”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fabricava
fabricava
35,202 corpus weight
- fold
fold
35,190 corpus weight
- fudge
fudge
35,185 corpus weight
- futurismo
futurismo
35,184 corpus weight
- fétido
fétido
35,183 corpus weight
- headline
headline
35,159 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fétido” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fétido |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɛ.ti.du/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fétido” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fétido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,818 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfɛ.ti.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fétido, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is fétido, spelled F-É-T-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1que exala cheiro desagradável; fedido
- 2pútrido
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); 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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