ficada

noun

The verdict

“ficada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,580 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,580
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de se ficar

Corpus desk

Index PT-ficada · ficada · Portuguese

ficada · rank #79,580 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,580
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH flawless

Nearest frequency peer: flawless (+5 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 “ficada”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ficada” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ficada
PropertyValue
Headwordficada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#79,580
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ficada” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ficadacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “flawless” (#79,585), “evangelizador” (#79,569), “esperassem” (#79,562). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “ficada” fica em #79,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ficada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,580 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for ficada in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ficada, spelled F-I-C-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de se ficar
  2. 2
    ação de relacionar-se amorosamente, ter troca de carícias e se curtir sem compromisso

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Trechos escolhidos de autores portugueses para uso da 4a e 5a classe
  2. É tudo muito fácil, é tudo muito banal, é comum a moça dar na primeira ficada, nada tem mistério, portam-se camisinhas como parte do equipamento padrão.

Synonyms

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 "ficada"?
"ficada" is spelled F-I-C-A-D-A.
What does "ficada" mean?
As a noun, "ficada" means: ato ou efeito de se ficar
What language does "ficada" come from?
"ficada" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list