fiável

adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,157

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

fiável is anPortugueseadj. It means: aquilo em que se pode acreditar, crer, confiar Often confused with fivela and favela.

Key facts for fiável
PropertyValue
Headwordfiável
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,157
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fiável is 6 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #30,157 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "aquilo em que se pode acreditar, crer, confiar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fiável, with forms such as "ffiável", "fiváel", and "fiáevl". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fivela", "favela", 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 fiável, spelled F-I-Á-V-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquilo em que se pode acreditar, crer, confiar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffiável,fiváel,fiáevl,fiávell,fiávle,fiávvel,fáivel,ifável

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fiável

Misspelling Variants of "fiável"

ffiável7fiváel6fiáevl6fiávell7fiávle6fiávvel7fáivel6ifável6
Misspelling Variants of "fiável"

Frequency rank: #30,157 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fiável"?
"fiável" is spelled F-I-Á-V-E-L.
What does "fiável" mean?
As an adj, "fiável" means: aquilo em que se pode acreditar, crer, confiar
What words are commonly confused with "fiável"?
"fiável" is commonly confused with "fivela", "favela". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "fiável" come from?
"fiável" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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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.