figura
The verdict
“figura” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,929 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,929
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - formato exterior de um corpo
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | figura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “figura” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for figura is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #1,929 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 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 figura, with forms such as "ffigura", "fgiura", and "figgura". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "figurado", "fatura", "figueira", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is figura, spelled F-I-G-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1formato exterior de um corpo
- 2aparência corporal de uma pessoa
- 3uma personagem, especialmente uma com distinção
- 4a presença ou imagem pública de uma pessoa
- 5a impressão feita por uma pessoa
- 6a representação, via de regra pictórica ou por escultura, de uma pessoa, animal ou objeto
- 7figura geométrica
- 8rosto
- 9forma de expressão usada para surpreender, chocar ou afetar emocionalmente o leitor
- 10cada uma das personagens de uma peça
- 11cada uma das peças com que se joga o jogo de xadrez
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffigura,fgiura,figgura,figrua,figuar,figurra,fiugra,ifgura
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of figura - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “figura”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-I-G-U-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “figurado” - see the side-by-side comparison. figura vs figurado
- 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.