fois

noun

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The verdict

“fois” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #99,784 among 1,704 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,784
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,704
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vez

Key facts for fois
PropertyValue
Headwordfois
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#99,784
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fois” 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). fois lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

fois is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #99,784 among 1,704 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vez".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fois, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 fois, spelled F-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    vez

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 "fois"?
"fois" is spelled F-O-I-S.
What does "fois" mean?
As a noun, "fois" means: vez
What language does "fois" come from?
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Using “fois”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list