fogaça

Name: fogaça, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/fu.ˈɡa.sɐ/

//fu.ˈɡa.sɐ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“fogaça” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #46,852. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,852
frequency rank, Portuguese: 853
“F” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grande e comprido bolo feito com ovos e açúcar e parecendo um pão mole

Corpus desk

Index PT-fogaca · fogaça · Portuguese

fogaça · rank #46,852 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-MID #46,852
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 853
PHOTO-FINISH filantropo

Nearest frequency peer: filantropo (-3 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.

eternizar

53,161
evaporar

53,158
fanfarra

53,155
filantropo

53,152
fogaça

53,149
garçon

53,138

What this shows “fogaça” 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).

fogaça vs força

67% similar

fogaça vs fogão

50% similar

fogaça vs faca

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fogaça
Property	Value
Headword	fogaça
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/fu.ˈɡa.sɐ/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#46,852
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “fogaça”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).fogaçacai aqui:

#46,852

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “filantropo” (#46,849), “fanfarra” (#46,846), “evaporar” (#46,843). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fogaça” fica em #46,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around fogaça (IPA /fu.ˈɡa.sɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,852 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fogaça, with forms such as "ffogaça", "fgoaça", and "foagça". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "força", "fogão", "faca", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is fogaça, spelled F-O-G-A-Ç-A.

Definition

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

Synonyms

folar

This word in other languages

hogaza(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ffogaça
fgoaça
foagça
fogaaç
foggaça
fogçaa
ofgaça

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fogaça - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "fogaça"

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.

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fogaça", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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