filé

noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,797

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

filé is aPortuguesenoun. It means: empenho Often confused with fim and fio.

Key facts for filé
PropertyValue
Headwordfilé
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#17,797
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for filé is 4 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #17,797 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for filé, with forms such as "ffilé", "fillé", and "fiél". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fim", "fio", "fit", 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 filé, spelled F-I-L-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    empenho
  2. 2
    grande desejo
  3. 3
    finca-pé
  4. 4
    palpite
  5. 5
  6. 6
    a rede em que se faz o bordado
  7. 7
    o trabalho de bordado feito num fundo de rede
  8. 8
    nome vulgar do músculo psoas da vaca, da vitela, do porco, etc.
  9. 9
    bife feito com essa carne
  10. 10
    filete de peixe
  11. 11
    pessoa atrativa
  12. 12
    o que de bom ou melhor houver que se possa ter em um determinado contexto

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffilé,fillé,fiél,flié,iflé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for filé

Misspelling Variants of "filé"

ffilé5fillé5fiél4flié4iflé4
Misspelling Variants of "filé"

Frequency rank: #17,797 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "filé"?
"filé" is spelled F-I-L-É.
What does "filé" mean?
As a noun, "filé" means: empenho
What words are commonly confused with "filé"?
"filé" is commonly confused with "fim", "fio", "fit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "filé" come from?
"filé" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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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.