focinho
/fu.ˈsi.ɲu/
The verdict
“focinho” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,754. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,754
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte da cabeça de vários animais que inclui o nariz, a boca e o queixo
Corpus desk
Index PT-focinho · focinho · Portuguese
focinho · rank #21,754 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #21,754
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH flat
Nearest frequency peer: flat (-2 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “focinho”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- extrato
extrato
78,253 corpus weight
- filipino
filipino
78,250 corpus weight
- flat
flat
78,249 corpus weight
- focinho
focinho
78,247 corpus weight
- fund
fund
78,245 corpus weight
- genoma
genoma
78,241 corpus weight
What this shows “focinho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | focinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fu.ˈsi.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “focinho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around focinho (IPA /fu.ˈsi.ɲu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,754 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for focinho, with forms such as "fcoinho", "ffocinho", and "foccinho". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fininho", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 focinho, spelled F-O-C-I-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1parte da cabeça de vários animais que inclui o nariz, a boca e o queixo
- 2rosto
- 3má cara
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how focinho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Uma réplica do esqueleto do dinossauro, que media cerca de 1,5 metro de comprimento (do focinho à cauda) e 0,5 metro de altura, está em Ribeirão Preto.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fcoinho
- ffocinho
- foccinho
- focihno
- focinhho
- focinnho
- focinoh
- focniho
- foicnho
- ofcinho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of focinho - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "focinho", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).