fingido

adj

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The verdict

“fingido” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #52,749 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.

#52,749
frequency rank, Portuguese
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - falso, enganoso

Key facts for fingido
PropertyValue
Headwordfingido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,749
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fingido” 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). fingido lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fingido is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #52,749 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for fingido in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is fingido, spelled F-I-N-G-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    falso, enganoso
  2. 2
    hipócrita

Antonyms

verdadeiro

This word in other languages

feigned(English)fingido(Español)factice(Français)

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 "fingido"?
"fingido" is spelled F-I-N-G-I-D-O.
What does "fingido" mean?
As an adjective, "fingido" means: falso, enganoso
What language does "fingido" come from?
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Using “fingido”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-I-N-G-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list