fofo

adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,529

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fofo is anPortugueseadj. It means: que cede facilmente à pressão It ranks #7,529 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with foi and for.

Key facts for fofo
PropertyValue
Headwordfofo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,529
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fofo is 4 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #7,529 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for fofo, with forms such as "ffofo", "ffoo", and "foffo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foi", "for", "foz", 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 fofo, spelled F-O-F-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que cede facilmente à pressão
  2. 2
    tufado
  3. 3
    belo e gracioso
  4. 4
    envaidecido
  5. 5
    gordo

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffofo,ffoo,foffo,foof,offo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fofo

Misspelling Variants of "fofo"

ffofo5ffoo4foffo5foof4offo4
Misspelling Variants of "fofo"

Frequency rank: #7,529 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fofo"?
"fofo" is spelled F-O-F-O.
What does "fofo" mean?
As an adj, "fofo" means: que cede facilmente à pressão
What words are commonly confused with "fofo"?
"fofo" is commonly confused with "foi", "for", "foz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "fofo" come from?
"fofo" 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.