flexível

//flɛ.ˈksi.vɛɫ// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,463

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

flexível is anPortugueseadj. It means: que se pode dobrar ou curvar Pronounced /flɛ.ˈksi.vɛɫ/.

Key facts for flexível
PropertyValue
Headwordflexível
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/flɛ.ˈksi.vɛɫ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,463
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for flexível is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /flɛ.ˈksi.vɛɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,463 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for flexível, with forms such as "felxível", "fflexível", and "flexvíel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 flexível, spelled F-L-E-X-Í-V-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se pode dobrar ou curvar
  2. 2
    maleável

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: felxível,fflexível,flexvíel,flexxível,flexíevl,flexívell,flexívle,flexívvel,fleíxvel,fllexível,flxeível,lfexível

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for flexível

Misspelling Variants of "flexível"

felxível8fflexível9flexvíel8flexxível9flexíevl8flexívell9flexívle8flexívvel9
Misspelling Variants of "flexível"

Frequency rank: #11,463 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flexível"?
"flexível" is spelled F-L-E-X-Í-V-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is /flɛ.ˈksi.vɛɫ/.
What does "flexível" mean?
As an adj, "flexível" means: que se pode dobrar ou curvar
What are common misspellings of "flexível"?
Common misspellings include "felxível", "fflexível", "flexvíel", "flexxível", "flexíevl". The correct spelling is "flexível".
How do you pronounce "flexível"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flexível" is /flɛ.ˈksi.vɛɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flexível" come from?
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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.