fole
/ˈfɔ.lɨ/
The verdict
“fole” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #51,089 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #51,089
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aparelho que serve para assoprar, impulsionando o ar por um orifício ao ser apertada a sua estrutura flexível de couro ou outro material
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fole |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɔ.lɨ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fole” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for fole is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɔ.lɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #51,089 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fole, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is fole, spelled F-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1aparelho que serve para assoprar, impulsionando o ar por um orifício ao ser apertada a sua estrutura flexível de couro ou outro material
- 2parte de um instrumento musical onde o ar que produz o som é comprimido
- 3saco para transportar ao ombro
- 4parte de um tecido ou roupa que sai fazendo uma forma redonda
- 5qualquer forma em forma de saco redondo
- 6barriga
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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Using “fole”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɔ.lɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.