Filipinas

/fi.li.'pi.naʃ/

//fi.li.'pi.naʃ// noun

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The verdict

“Filipinas” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,302. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,302
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - país arquipélago próximo à Ásia, cuja capital é Manila

Corpus desk

Index PT-filipinas · Filipinas · Portuguese

Filipinas · rank #5,302 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,302
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH first

Nearest frequency peer: first (+1 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 “Filipinas”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Filipinas” 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).

Filipinas vs filipino
67% similar

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

Key facts for Filipinas
PropertyValue
HeadwordFilipinas
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fi.li.'pi.naʃ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,302
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Filipinas”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).Filipinascai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “first” (#5,303), “gajo” (#5,305), “galera” (#5,306). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “Filipinas” fica em #5,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Filipinas (IPA /fi.li.'pi.naʃ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,302 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "país arquipélago próximo à Ásia, cuja capital é Manila".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Filipinas, with forms such as "ffilipinas", "fiilpinas", and "filiipnas". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "filipino", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is Filipinas, spelled F-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    país arquipélago próximo à Ásia, cuja capital é Manila

This word in other languages

Philippines(English)Filipinas(Español)Philippines(Français)Philippinen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffilipinas
  • fiilpinas
  • filiipnas
  • filipians
  • filipinass
  • filipinnas
  • filipinsa
  • filipnias
  • filippinas
  • fillipinas
  • filpiinas
  • fliipinas
  • iflipinas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffilipinas1fiilpinas2filiipnas2filipians2filipinass1filipinnas1filipinsa2filipnias2
Edit distance from "Filipinas"

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 "Filipinas"?
"Filipinas" is spelled F-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is /fi.li.'pi.naʃ/.
What does "Filipinas" mean?
As a noun, "Filipinas" means: país arquipélago próximo à Ásia, cuja capital é Manila
What words are commonly confused with "Filipinas"?
"Filipinas" is commonly confused with "filipino". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Filipinas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Filipinas" is /fi.li.'pi.naʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Filipinas" come from?
"Filipinas" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inquérito#5,312inspirado#5,313acadêmico#5,267aceitação#5,375

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

aproximar13 variantsimperador13 variantsdestinado13 variantsfotógrafo13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list