fita
/ˈfi.tɐ/
The verdict
“fita” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,905 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,905
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - objeto de plástico que serve para reproduzir filmes
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fita |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfi.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fita” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for fita is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfi.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,905 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for fita, with forms such as "ffita", "fiat", and "fitta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foto", "fora", "foda", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is fita, spelled F-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1objeto de plástico que serve para reproduzir filmes
- 2película de cinema
- 3tira de tecido que serve para ornamentar, atar
- 4sítio onde, nalgumas armas automáticas, são colocados os cartuchos
- 5conceito que se faz de alguém
- 6objeto
- 7coisa, algo
- 8objeto feito de uma carcaça plástica que encerra um circuito com memória onde está gravado um jogo eletrônico e que tem uma saída com um bocal de encaixe a um eslote de leitura de console
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffita,fiat,fitta,ftia,ifta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fita - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “fita”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-I-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfi.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “foto” - see the side-by-side comparison. fita vs foto
- 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.