fole

//ˈfɔ.lɨ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#51,089

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

fole is aPortuguesenoun. It means: aparelho que serve para assoprar, impulsionando o ar por um orifício ao ser apertada a sua estrutura flexível de couro ou outro material Pronounced /ˈfɔ.lɨ/.

Key facts for fole
PropertyValue
Headwordfole
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfɔ.lɨ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#51,089
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fole is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for fole in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 fole, spelled F-O-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aparelho que serve para assoprar, impulsionando o ar por um orifício ao ser apertada a sua estrutura flexível de couro ou outro material
  2. 2
    parte de um instrumento musical onde o ar que produz o som é comprimido
  3. 3
    saco para transportar ao ombro
  4. 4
    parte de um tecido ou roupa que sai fazendo uma forma redonda
  5. 5
    qualquer forma em forma de saco redondo
  6. 6
    barriga

Frequency rank: #51,089 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fole"?
"fole" is spelled F-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɔ.lɨ/.
What does "fole" mean?
As a noun, "fole" means: aparelho que serve para assoprar, impulsionando o ar por um orifício ao ser apertada a sua estrutura flexível de couro ou outro material
How do you pronounce "fole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fole" is /ˈfɔ.lɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fole" come from?
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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.