fígado

//ˈfi.ɡɐ.du// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,298

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

fígado is aPortuguesenoun. It means: parte do organismo animal onde se produzem a secreção biliar e a secreção glicogênica Pronounced /ˈfi.ɡɐ.du/. It ranks #6,298 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with figo and fogão.

Key facts for fígado
PropertyValue
Headwordfígado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfi.ɡɐ.du/
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,298
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fígado is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfi.ɡɐ.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,298 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fígado, with forms such as "ffígado", "fgíado", and "fíagdo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "figo", "fogão", "findo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 fígado, spelled F-Í-G-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    parte do organismo animal onde se produzem a secreção biliar e a secreção glicogênica
  2. 2
    índole; caracter; coragem

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffígado,fgíado,fíagdo,fígaddo,fígaod,fígdao,fíggado,ífgado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fígado

Misspelling Variants of "fígado"

ffígado7fgíado6fíagdo6fígaddo7fígaod6fígdao6fíggado7ífgado6
Misspelling Variants of "fígado"

Frequency rank: #6,298 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fígado"?
"fígado" is spelled F-Í-G-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfi.ɡɐ.du/.
What does "fígado" mean?
As a noun, "fígado" means: parte do organismo animal onde se produzem a secreção biliar e a secreção glicogênica
What words are commonly confused with "fígado"?
"fígado" is commonly confused with "figo", "fogão", "findo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fígado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fígado" is /ˈfi.ɡɐ.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fígado" come from?
"fígado" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.