foco
/ˈfɔ.ko/
The verdict
“foco” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,491 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,491
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nitidez de uma imagem
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 | foco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɔ.ko/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “foco” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for foco is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɔ.ko/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,491 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for foco, with forms such as "fcoo", "ffoco", and "focco". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foi", "for", "foz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 foco, spelled F-O-C-O.
Definition
- 1nitidez de uma imagem
- 2objetivo bem definido, o alvo
- 3centro
- 4sede principal de um organismo, clube
- 5cada um dos dois pontos que, situados no eixo maior da elipse, estão equidistantes das extremidades deste eixo
- 6ponto situado no eixo da parábola, distante do vértice um quarto do parâmetro
- 7ponto no interior da hipérbole, tão distante do centro quanto vai deste ao ponto em que a assimptota é cortada pela tangente que sai do vértice da hipérbole
- 8lanterna de pilhas
- 9indicação visual de selecionamento feito a um elemento na interface gráfica que mostra seu estado passível da ação de comandos
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fcoo,ffoco,focco,fooc,ofco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foco - 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 “foco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-O-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɔ.ko/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “foi” - see the side-by-side comparison. foco vs foi
- 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.