fogo

//ˈfo.ɡu// adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#938

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fogo is anPortugueseadj. It means: coisa difícil ou trabalhosa Pronounced /ˈfo.ɡu/. It ranks #938 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with foi and for.

Key facts for fogo
PropertyValue
Headwordfogo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈfo.ɡu/
Letters4
Frequency rank#938
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fogo is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfo.ɡu/. Corpus data places it at rank #938 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "coisa difícil ou trabalhosa".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for fogo, with forms such as "ffogo", "fgoo", and "foggo". 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 fogo, spelled F-O-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    coisa difícil ou trabalhosa

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffogo,fgoo,foggo,foog,ofgo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fogo

Misspelling Variants of "fogo"

ffogo5fgoo4foggo5foog4ofgo4
Misspelling Variants of "fogo"

Frequency rank: #938 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fogo"?
"fogo" is spelled F-O-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfo.ɡu/.
What does "fogo" mean?
As an adj, "fogo" means: coisa difícil ou trabalhosa
What words are commonly confused with "fogo"?
"fogo" is commonly confused with "foi", "for", "foz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fogo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fogo" is /ˈfo.ɡu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fogo" come from?
"fogo" 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.