fiorde

/fi.ˈɔɹ.dʒi/

//fi.ˈɔɹ.dʒi// noun

The verdict

“fiorde” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,567 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,567
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - golfo estreito, profundo e íngreme, formado pela erosão de glaciares

Corpus desk

Index PT-fiorde · fiorde · Portuguese

fiorde · rank #61,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,567
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH footage

Nearest frequency peer: footage (+3 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 “fiorde”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fiorde
PropertyValue
Headwordfiorde
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fi.ˈɔɹ.dʒi/
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,567
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fiorde” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).fiordecai 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: “footage” (#61,570), “figurativo” (#61,563), “fraquejar” (#61,577). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fiorde” fica em #61,567. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fiorde is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,567 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fi.ˈɔɹ.dʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "golfo estreito, profundo e íngreme, formado pela erosão de glaciares".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fiorde, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is fiorde, spelled F-I-O-R-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    golfo estreito, profundo e íngreme, formado pela erosão de glaciares

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 "fiorde"?
"fiorde" is spelled F-I-O-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /fi.ˈɔɹ.dʒi/.
What does "fiorde" mean?
As a noun, "fiorde" means: golfo estreito, profundo e íngreme, formado pela erosão de glaciares
How do you pronounce "fiorde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fiorde" is /fi.ˈɔɹ.dʒi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list