flama

/'flã.mɐ/

//'flã.mɐ// noun

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The verdict

“flama” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,272 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,272
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-flama · flama · Portuguese

flama · rank #81,272 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,272
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH flaco

Nearest frequency peer: flaco (-1 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 “flama”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flama
PropertyValue
Headwordflama
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/'flã.mɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#81,272
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “flama” em português

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “flaco” (#81,271), “fitoplâncton” (#81,268), “fogueteiro” (#81,277). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “flama” fica em #81,272. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flama is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,272 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /'flã.mɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chama".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for flama, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is flama, spelled F-L-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    chama

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 26 poetas hoje

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 "flama"?
"flama" is spelled F-L-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is /'flã.mɐ/.
What does "flama" mean?
As a noun, "flama" means: chama
How do you pronounce "flama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flama" is /'flã.mɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flama" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flaco#81,271fação#81,260cuoco#81,121búzio#81,042

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list