ficha

/ˈfi.ʃɐ/

//ˈfi.ʃɐ// verb

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The verdict

“ficha” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,988. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,988
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fichar

Corpus desk

Index PT-ficha · ficha · Portuguese

ficha · rank #3,988 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,988
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH evidência

Nearest frequency peer: evidência (-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 “ficha”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ficha” 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).

ficha vs fila
60% similar
ficha vs fita
60% similar
ficha vs fixa
60% similar

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

Key facts for ficha
PropertyValue
Headwordficha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈfi.ʃɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,988
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ficha”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).fichacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “evidência” (#3,987), “frango” (#3,990), “esquerdo” (#3,985). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “ficha” fica em #3,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around ficha (IPA /ˈfi.ʃɐ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,988 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fichar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ficha, with forms such as "fciha", "fficha", and "ficah". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "fila", "fita", "fixa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct Portuguese form is ficha, spelled F-I-C-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fichar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fciha
  • fficha
  • ficah
  • ficcha
  • fichha
  • fihca
  • ifcha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fciha2fficha1ficah2ficcha1fichha1fihca2ifcha2
Edit distance from "ficha"

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 "ficha"?
"ficha" is spelled F-I-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfi.ʃɐ/.
What does "ficha" mean?
As a verb, "ficha" means: terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fichar
What words are commonly confused with "ficha"?
"ficha" is commonly confused with "fila", "fita", "fixa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ficha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ficha" is /ˈfi.ʃɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ficha" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list