fixamente
The verdict
“fixamente” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #28,985 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #28,985
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de modo fixo
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 | fixamente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #28,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fixamente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for fixamente is 9 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #28,985 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de modo fixo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fixamente, with forms such as "ffixamente", "fiaxmente", and "fixaemnte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "finamente", "filamento", "finalmente", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is fixamente, spelled F-I-X-A-M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1de modo fixo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffixamente,fiaxmente,fixaemnte,fixamenet,fixamennte,fixamentte,fixametne,fixammente,fixamnete,fixmaente,fixxamente,fxiamente,ifxamente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fixamente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “fixamente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-I-X-A-M-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “finamente” - see the side-by-side comparison. fixamente vs finamente
- 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.