fisga
/ˈfiʃ.ɡɐ/
The verdict
“fisga” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,330 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,330
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arpéu simples ou de mais garfos
Corpus desk
Index PT-fisga · fisga · Portuguese
fisga · rank #87,330 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,330
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH frontispício
Nearest frequency peer: frontispício (+15 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 “fisga”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- esmorecer
esmorecer
12,704 corpus weight
- exoplaneta
exoplaneta
12,688 corpus weight
- fisga
fisga
12,671 corpus weight
- frontispício
frontispício
12,656 corpus weight
- fungicida
fungicida
12,654 corpus weight
- funileiro
funileiro
12,653 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fisga” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fisga |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfiʃ.ɡɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fisga” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fisga is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,330 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfiʃ.ɡɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
fisga has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is fisga, spelled F-I-S-G-A.
Definition
- 1arpéu simples ou de mais garfos
- 2abertura, buraco estreito como fendido, greta
- 3espião
- 4brinquedo em forma de Y que serve para lançar pequenos projéteis
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.
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