fogaça

//fu.ˈɡa.sɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,852

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

fogaça is aPortuguesenoun. It means: grande e comprido bolo feito com ovos e açúcar e parecendo um pão mole Pronounced /fu.ˈɡa.sɐ/. Often confused with força and fogão.

Key facts for fogaça
PropertyValue
Headwordfogaça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fu.ˈɡa.sɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,852
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fogaça is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fu.ˈɡa.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #46,852 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fogaça, with forms such as "ffogaça", "fgoaça", and "foagça". 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 also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "força", "fogão", "faca", 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 fogaça, spelled F-O-G-A-Ç-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande e comprido bolo feito com ovos e açúcar e parecendo um pão mole
  2. 2
    bolo oferecido à igreja, em festejos, e que depois é leiloado
  3. 3
    moça que conduz esse bolo em tabuleiro ou açafate
  4. 4
    bolo premiado ao vencedor de uma competição
  5. 5
    formação geológica presente nos terrenos diamantinos
  6. 6
    pizza em que se dobra a massa formando um pão recheado
  7. 7
    imposto que incide nas casas que acendem o lume
  8. 8
    tipo de revestimento dourado aplicado nos objetos de prata
  9. 9
    armações fantasiosas com ramos e fitas garridas usadas nas procissões

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffogaça,fgoaça,foagça,fogaaç,foggaça,fogçaa,ofgaça

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fogaça

Misspelling Variants of "fogaça"

ffogaça7fgoaça6foagça6fogaaç6foggaça7fogçaa6ofgaça6
Misspelling Variants of "fogaça"

Frequency rank: #46,852 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fogaça"?
"fogaça" is spelled F-O-G-A-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /fu.ˈɡa.sɐ/.
What does "fogaça" mean?
As a noun, "fogaça" means: grande e comprido bolo feito com ovos e açúcar e parecendo um pão mole
What words are commonly confused with "fogaça"?
"fogaça" is commonly confused with "força", "fogão", "faca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fogaça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fogaça" is /fu.ˈɡa.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fogaça" come from?
"fogaça" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.