fidalgo
/fi.ˈdaɫ.ɡu/
The verdict
“fidalgo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #32,608 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,608
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aquele que tem título de nobreza; nobre
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fidalgo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fi.ˈdaɫ.ɡu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fidalgo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for fidalgo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fi.ˈdaɫ.ɡu/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,608 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "aquele que tem título de nobreza; nobre".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fidalgo, with forms such as "fdialgo", "ffidalgo", and "fiadlgo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is fidalgo, spelled F-I-D-A-L-G-O.
Definition
- 1aquele que tem título de nobreza; nobre
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fdialgo,ffidalgo,fiadlgo,fidaglo,fidalggo,fidallgo,fidalog,fiddalgo,fidlago,ifdalgo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fidalgo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “fidalgo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-I-D-A-L-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fi.ˈdaɫ.ɡu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.