fisionomia

Name: fisionomia, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/fi.zju.nu.ˈmi.ɐ/

//fi.zju.nu.ˈmi.ɐ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“fisionomia” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #40,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,137
frequency rank, Portuguese: 853
“F” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - semblante, cara

Corpus desk

Index PT-fisionomia · fisionomia · Portuguese

fisionomia · rank #40,137 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #40,137
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-MID 853
PHOTO-FINISH furadeira

Nearest frequency peer: furadeira (+10 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.

evocar

59,880
excitar

59,877
fisionomia

59,864
furadeira

59,854
gage

59,852
germânico

59,845

What this shows “fisionomia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fisionomia vs fisiologia

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fisionomia
Property	Value
Headword	fisionomia
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/fi.zju.nu.ˈmi.ɐ/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#40,137
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “fisionomia”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).fisionomiacai aqui:

#40,137

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “furadeira” (#40,147), “gage” (#40,149), “excitar” (#40,124). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fisionomia” fica em #40,137. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around fisionomia (IPA /fi.zju.nu.ˈmi.ɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,137 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "semblante, cara".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fisionomia, with forms such as "ffisionomia", "fiisonomia", and "fisinoomia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fisiologia", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is fisionomia, spelled F-I-S-I-O-N-O-M-I-A.

Definition

1
semblante, cara

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Depois de quase um século sempre com uma fisionomia séria, Mustafá Kemal Ataturk , o fundador da Turquia moderna, começou a sorrir.

This word in other languages

physiognomy(English)fisionomía(Español)air(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ffisionomia
fiisonomia
fisinoomia
fisionmoia
fisionnomia
fisionoima
fisionomai
fisionommia
fisioonmia
fisoinomia
fissionomia
fsiionomia
ifsionomia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fisionomia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "fisionomia"

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 "fisionomia"?

"fisionomia" is spelled F-I-S-I-O-N-O-M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /fi.zju.nu.ˈmi.ɐ/.

What does "fisionomia" mean?

As a noun, "fisionomia" means: semblante, cara

What words are commonly confused with "fisionomia"?

"fisionomia" is commonly confused with "fisiologia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "fisionomia"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fisionomia" is /fi.zju.nu.ˈmi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "fisionomia" come from?

"fisionomia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

detalhista#40,091 descontado#40,083 inflexível#40,194 lastimável#40,218

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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