fido

/ˈfiː.doː/

//ˈfiː.doː// verb

The verdict

“fido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,214 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,214
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - confiar, ter confiança.

Corpus desk

Index PT-fido · fido · Portuguese

fido · rank #73,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,214
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fos

Nearest frequency peer: fos (+13 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 “fido”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fido
PropertyValue
Headwordfido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈfiː.doː/
Letters4
Frequency rank#73,214
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fido” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “fos” (#73,227), “esti” (#73,193), “estai” (#73,191). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fido” fica em #73,214. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,214 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈfiː.doː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "confiar, ter confiança.".

No misspelling variants are generated for fido in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is fido, spelled F-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    confiar, ter confiança.

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 "fido"?
"fido" is spelled F-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfiː.doː/.
What does "fido" mean?
As a verb, "fido" means: confiar, ter confiança.
How do you pronounce "fido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fido" is /ˈfiː.doː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fido" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list