fogoso
/fu.ˈɡo.zu/
The verdict
“fogoso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,975 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,975
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abrasado
Corpus desk
Index PT-fogoso · fogoso · Portuguese
fogoso · rank #77,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,975
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fretar
Nearest frequency peer: fretar (+9 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “fogoso”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fiapo
fiapo
22,037 corpus weight
- fogoso
fogoso
22,026 corpus weight
- fretar
fretar
22,017 corpus weight
- frigo
frigo
22,016 corpus weight
- frisson
frisson
22,015 corpus weight
- fumeiro
fumeiro
22,013 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fogoso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fogoso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fu.ˈɡo.zu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fogoso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fogoso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,975 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fu.ˈɡo.zu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.
fogoso doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is fogoso, spelled F-O-G-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1abrasado
- 2incendido
- 3caloroso
- 4animado
- 5veemente
- 6impetuoso
- 7ardente
- 8colérico
- 9irascível
- 10igneal
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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