fez
/ˈfes/
The verdict
“fez” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #203 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #203
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - barrete em forma de cone truncado (usado por alguns muçulmanos)
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 | fez |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfes/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fez” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for fez is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfes/. Corpus data places it at rank #203 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "barrete em forma de cone truncado (usado por alguns muçulmanos)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fez, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foi", "for", "fim", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 fez, spelled F-E-Z.
Definition
- 1barrete em forma de cone truncado (usado por alguns muçulmanos)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 “fez”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-E-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfes/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “foi” - see the side-by-side comparison. fez vs foi
- 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.