fibromialgia

noun

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The verdict

“fibromialgia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,511 among 1,704 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,511
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,704
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - síndrome dolorosa não-inflamatória, caracterizada por dores musculares difusas, fadiga, distúrbios de sono, parestesias, edema subjetivo, distúrbios cognitivos e dor em pontos específicos

Key facts for fibromialgia
PropertyValue
Headwordfibromialgia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#58,511
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fibromialgia” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). fibromialgia lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fibromialgia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,511 among 1,704 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "síndrome dolorosa não-inflamatória, caracterizada por dores musculares difusas, fadiga, distúrbios de sono, parestesias, edema subjetivo, distúrbios cognitivos e dor em pontos específicos".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fibromialgia, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is fibromialgia, spelled F-I-B-R-O-M-I-A-L-G-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    síndrome dolorosa não-inflamatória, caracterizada por dores musculares difusas, fadiga, distúrbios de sono, parestesias, edema subjetivo, distúrbios cognitivos e dor em pontos específicos

This word in other languages

fibromyalgia(English)fibromialgia(Español)fibromyalgie(Français)Fibromyalgie(Deutsch)

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 "fibromialgia"?
"fibromialgia" is spelled F-I-B-R-O-M-I-A-L-G-I-A.
What does "fibromialgia" mean?
As a noun, "fibromialgia" means: síndrome dolorosa não-inflamatória, caracterizada por dores musculares difusas, fadiga, distúrbios de sono, parestesias, edema subjetivo, distúrbios cognitivos e dor em pontos específicos
What language does "fibromialgia" come from?
"fibromialgia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “fibromialgia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-I-B-R-O-M-I-A-L-G-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list