figa
/ˈfi.ɡɐ/
The verdict
“figa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,176 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,176
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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
Corpus desk
Index PT-figa · figa · Portuguese
figa · rank #64,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,176
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH feirão
Nearest frequency peer: feirão (-2 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 “figa”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- exortar
exortar
35,835 corpus weight
- expelido
expelido
35,834 corpus weight
- extensível
extensível
35,833 corpus weight
- feirão
feirão
35,827 corpus weight
- figa
figa
35,825 corpus weight
- folgar
folgar
35,819 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “figa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | figa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfi.ɡɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “figa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
figa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,176 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfi.ɡɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for figa, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is figa, spelled F-I-G-A.
Definition
- 1pequeno 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
- 2sinal que se faz com os dedos indicador e médio, pondo-os entrelaçados ou cruzados; esconjuro
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how figa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Posidônio, estando atormentado por uma doença tão dolorosa que o levava a retorcer os braços e ranger os dentes, julgava fazer figa à dor por bradar contra ela: “Por mais que faças, não direi que és um mal.”
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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