filatelia

/fi.lɐ.tɨ.ˈli.ɐ/

//fi.lɐ.tɨ.ˈli.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“filatelia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,750 among 1,704 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,750
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,704
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estudo e coleção dos selos postais dos diversos países

Key facts for filatelia
PropertyValue
Headwordfilatelia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fi.lɐ.tɨ.ˈli.ɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,750
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “filatelia” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). filatelia lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

filatelia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,750 among 1,704 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fi.lɐ.tɨ.ˈli.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "estudo e coleção dos selos postais dos diversos países".

No misspelling variants are generated for filatelia in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is filatelia, spelled F-I-L-A-T-E-L-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    estudo e coleção dos selos postais dos diversos países

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 "filatelia"?
"filatelia" is spelled F-I-L-A-T-E-L-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /fi.lɐ.tɨ.ˈli.ɐ/.
What does "filatelia" mean?
As a noun, "filatelia" means: estudo e coleção dos selos postais dos diversos países
How do you pronounce "filatelia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filatelia" is /fi.lɐ.tɨ.ˈli.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filatelia" come from?
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Using “filatelia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-I-L-A-T-E-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /fi.lɐ.tɨ.ˈli.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list