figa

//ˈfi.ɡɐ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#64,176

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

figa is aPortuguesenoun. It means: pequeno amuleto, na forma de um mão fechada, com o polegar entre os dedos indicador e médio, usado supersticiosamente para resguardo contra malefícios, doenças, mau-olhado, etc Pronounced /ˈfi.ɡɐ/.

Key facts for figa
PropertyValue
Headwordfiga
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfi.ɡɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#64,176
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of figa in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for figa is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfi.ɡɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,176 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for figa in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is figa, spelled F-I-G-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequeno amuleto, na forma de um mão fechada, com o polegar entre os dedos indicador e médio, usado supersticiosamente para resguardo contra malefícios, doenças, mau-olhado, etc
  2. 2
    sinal que se faz com os dedos indicador e médio, pondo-os entrelaçados ou cruzados; esconjuro

Frequency rank: #64,176 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "figa"?
"figa" is spelled F-I-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfi.ɡɐ/.
What does "figa" mean?
As a noun, "figa" means: pequeno amuleto, na forma de um mão fechada, com o polegar entre os dedos indicador e médio, usado supersticiosamente para resguardo contra malefícios, doenças, mau-olhado, etc
How do you pronounce "figa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "figa" is /ˈfi.ɡɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "figa" come from?
"figa" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.