fingido

adj

The verdict

“fingido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,749 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,749
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falso, enganoso

Corpus desk

Index PT-fingido · fingido · Portuguese

fingido · rank #52,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,749
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH filmografia

Nearest frequency peer: filmografia (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “fingido”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fingido” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fingido
PropertyValue
Headwordfingido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,749
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fingido” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.fingidocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “filmografia” (#52,748), “ferrenha” (#52,746), “fault” (#52,743). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fingido” fica em #52,749. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fingido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,749 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fingido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hoje como ontem, a companheirada protagoniza o mesmo espetáculo de fingido alopramento, com as mesmas jogadas ensaiadas, as mesmas negaças, as mesmas evasivas, o mesmo cinismo - até as mesmas agressões ao idioma, para combinar com as mesmas agressões aos fatos.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list