fiação

noun

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The verdict

“fiação” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,746. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,746
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - processo de transformação de fibras em fios para uso na tecelagem

Corpus desk

Index PT-fiacao · fiação · Portuguese

fiação · rank #26,746 · 6 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,746
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fervor

Nearest frequency peer: fervor (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “fiação”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “fiação” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fiação vs ficar
33% similar
fiação vs fraco
50% similar
fiação vs fisco
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fiação
PropertyValue
Headwordfiação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,746
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “fiação”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.fiaçãocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “fervor” (#26,745), “fighter” (#26,747), “flo” (#26,750). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fiação” fica em #26,746. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around fiação, anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,746 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fiação, with forms such as "faição", "ffiação", and "fiaãço". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "ficar", "fraco", "fisco", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is fiação, spelled F-I-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    processo de transformação de fibras em fios para uso na tecelagem
  2. 2
    conjunto de fios ou cabos condutores que compõem uma instalação elétrica
  3. 3
    local ou fábrica onde se realiza o processo de fiar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fiação appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A indústria investiu em novas tecnologias de fiação para aumentar a produção
  2. O curto-circuito foi causado por falha na fiação do prédio

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • faição
  • ffiação
  • fiaãço
  • fiaçoã
  • fiçaão
  • ifação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fiação - 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.

faição2ffiação1fiaãço2fiaçoã2fiçaão2ifação2
Edit distance from "fiação"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fiação"?
"fiação" is spelled F-I-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "fiação" mean?
As a noun, "fiação" means: processo de transformação de fibras em fios para uso na tecelagem
What words are commonly confused with "fiação"?
"fiação" is commonly confused with "ficar", "fraco", "fisco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "fiação" come from?
"fiação" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fiação", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fervor#26,745goiaba#26,762hálito#26,770iludir#26,771

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

génio6 variantslítio6 variantsátrio6 variantswalls6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list