foguete

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

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“foguete” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,898
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,704
“F” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - veículo propelido pela descarga intensa, na parte traseira, de gases liberados pela combustão de algum combustível

Key facts for foguete
Property	Value
Headword	foguete
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#10,898
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “foguete” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). foguete lands here:

#10,898

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around foguete, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,898 among 1,704 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for foguete, with forms such as "ffoguete", "fgouete", and "fogeute". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 foguete, spelled F-O-G-U-E-T-E.

Definition

1
veículo propelido pela descarga intensa, na parte traseira, de gases liberados pela combustão de algum combustível
2
elemento de propulsão em mísseis, projéteis e espaçonaves
3
peça pirotécnica composta por um tubo oco de papelão, preenchida por um combustível propelente e uma carga explosiva que, no final da trajetória, produz um forte ruído e efeitos luminosos variados
4
confusão, caos, desordem

Synonyms

míssilrojão

This word in other languages

rocket(English)cohete(Español)fusée(Français)Rakete(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffoguete,fgouete,fogeute,fogguete,fogueet,foguette,fogutee,fougete,ofguete

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foguete - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "foguete"

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 "foguete"?

"foguete" is spelled F-O-G-U-E-T-E.

What does "foguete" mean?

As a noun, "foguete" means: veículo propelido pela descarga intensa, na parte traseira, de gases liberados pela combustão de algum combustível

What are common misspellings of "foguete"?

Common misspellings include "ffoguete", "fgouete", "fogeute", "fogguete", "fogueet". The correct spelling is "foguete".

What language does "foguete" come from?

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Using “foguete”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-O-G-U-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.