figura

noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,929

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

figura is aPortuguesenoun. It means: formato exterior de um corpo It ranks #1,929 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with figurado and fatura.

Key facts for figura
PropertyValue
Headwordfigura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,929
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for figura is 6 letters long, classified as anoun. 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for figura, with forms such as "ffigura", "fgiura", and "figgura". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "figurado", "fatura", "figueira", 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 figura, spelled F-I-G-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    formato exterior de um corpo
  2. 2
    aparência corporal de uma pessoa
  3. 3
    uma personagem, especialmente uma com distinção
  4. 4
    a presença ou imagem pública de uma pessoa
  5. 5
    a impressão feita por uma pessoa
  6. 6
    a representação, via de regra pictórica ou por escultura, de uma pessoa, animal ou objeto
  7. 7
    figura geométrica
  8. 8
    rosto
  9. 9
    forma de expressão usada para surpreender, chocar ou afetar emocionalmente o leitor
  10. 10
    cada uma das personagens de uma peça
  11. 11
    cada uma das peças com que se joga o jogo de xadrez

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffigura,fgiura,figgura,figrua,figuar,figurra,fiugra,ifgura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for figura

Misspelling Variants of "figura"

ffigura7fgiura6figgura7figrua6figuar6figurra7fiugra6ifgura6
Misspelling Variants of "figura"

Frequency rank: #1,929 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "figura"?
"figura" is spelled F-I-G-U-R-A.
What does "figura" mean?
As a noun, "figura" means: formato exterior de um corpo
What words are commonly confused with "figura"?
"figura" is commonly confused with "figurado", "fatura", "figueira". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "figura" come from?
"figura" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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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.