filão

noun

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The verdict

“filão” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #49,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,976
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas

Corpus desk

Index PT-filao · filão · Portuguese

filão · rank #49,976 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,976
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fonética

Nearest frequency peer: fonética (+3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “filão”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “filão” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

filão vs fio
60% similar
filão vs flo
60% similar
filão vs fita
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for filão
PropertyValue
Headwordfilão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#49,976
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “filão”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).filãocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “fonética” (#49,979), “feltro” (#49,970), “Ezekiel” (#49,965). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “filão” fica em #49,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around filão, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,976 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for filão, with forms such as "ffilão", "fillão", and "filoã". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fio", "flo", "fita", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is filão, spelled F-I-L-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas
  2. 2
    o mesmo que veeiro
  3. 3
    fonte generosa, abundante de onde se extrai número significativo de informações, vantagens etc
  4. 4
    pão comprido; popularmente conhecido no Brasil como pão francês

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how filão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O folclore tem sido um generoso filão para os compositores.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffilão
  • fillão
  • filoã
  • fiãlo
  • flião
  • iflão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of filão - 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.

ffilão1fillão1filoã2fiãlo2flião2iflão2
Edit distance from "filão"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "filão"?
"filão" is spelled F-I-L-Ã-O.
What does "filão" mean?
As a noun, "filão" means: intrusão de rochas eruptivas em fendas
What words are commonly confused with "filão"?
"filão" is commonly confused with "fio", "flo", "fita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "filão" come from?
"filão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "filão", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

joven#50,049manas#50,080chess#49,866ouija#50,128

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

loch6 variantsgrip6 variantsaudaz6 variantstique6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list