fim de semana
The verdict
“fim de semana” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - período, geralmente de lazer, por oposição aos dias úteis, que decorre entre a noite de sexta-feira ou a manhã de sábado e que estende-se até ao fim do dia de domingo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fim de semana |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fim de semana” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fim de semana is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fim de semana in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 fim de semana, spelled F-I-M- -D-E- -S-E-M-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1período, geralmente de lazer, por oposição aos dias úteis, que decorre entre a noite de sexta-feira ou a manhã de sábado e que estende-se até ao fim do dia de domingo
- 2feriado prolongado
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fim de semana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-I-M- -D-E- -S-E-M-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.