flesh

//ˈflɛʃ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,288

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

flesh is aPortuguesenoun. It means: carne (a parte carnosa de um organismo) Pronounced /ˈflɛʃ/. Often confused with fresh and fleur.

Key facts for flesh
PropertyValue
Headwordflesh
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈflɛʃ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,288
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of flesh in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for flesh is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈflɛʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #38,288 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "carne (a parte carnosa de um organismo)".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for flesh, with forms such as "felsh", "fflesh", and "flehs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "fresh", "fleur", "fish", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is flesh, spelled F-L-E-S-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    carne (a parte carnosa de um organismo)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: felsh,fflesh,flehs,fleshh,flessh,fllesh,flseh,lfesh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for flesh

Misspelling Variants of "flesh"

felsh5fflesh6flehs5fleshh6flessh6fllesh6flseh5lfesh5
Misspelling Variants of "flesh"

Frequency rank: #38,288 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flesh"?
"flesh" is spelled F-L-E-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈflɛʃ/.
What does "flesh" mean?
As a noun, "flesh" means: carne (a parte carnosa de um organismo)
What words are commonly confused with "flesh"?
"flesh" is commonly confused with "fresh", "fleur", "fish". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flesh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flesh" is /ˈflɛʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flesh" come from?
"flesh" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.