folha

//ˈfo.ʎɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,930

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

folha is aPortuguesenoun. It means: órgão da planta, geralmente verde e responsável pela fotossíntese (na maioria das vezes), composta de limbo (estrutura laminar), pecíolo (haste que liga o limbo ao caule) e, algumas vezes, bainha (... Pronounced /ˈfo.ʎɐ/. It ranks #1,930 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with fora and força.

Key facts for folha
PropertyValue
Headwordfolha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfo.ʎɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,930
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for folha is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfo.ʎɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,930 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for folha, with forms such as "ffolha", "floha", and "fohla". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "fora", "força", "folia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    órgão da planta, geralmente verde e responsável pela fotossíntese (na maioria das vezes), composta de limbo (estrutura laminar), pecíolo (haste que liga o limbo ao caule) e, algumas vezes, bainha (invólucro alongado na base do pecíolo)
  2. 2
    vértice sobre o qual incide apenas uma aresta
  3. 3
    pedaço de papel em branco, vazio
  4. 4
    cada uma das unidades de uma impressão, cujas faces chamam-se páginas
  5. 5
    jornal
  6. 6
    lista, rol
  7. 7
    chapa ou lâmina de qualquer material
  8. 8
    terra de pastagens

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffolha,floha,fohla,folah,folhha,follha,oflha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for folha

Misspelling Variants of "folha"

ffolha6floha5fohla5folah5folhha6follha6oflha5
Misspelling Variants of "folha"

Frequency rank: #1,930 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "folha"?
"folha" is spelled F-O-L-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfo.ʎɐ/.
What does "folha" mean?
As a noun, "folha" means: órgão da planta, geralmente verde e responsável pela fotossíntese (na maioria das vezes), composta de limbo (estrutura laminar), pecíolo (haste que liga o limbo ao caule) e, algumas vezes, bainha (...
What words are commonly confused with "folha"?
"folha" is commonly confused with "fora", "força", "folia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "folha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "folha" is /ˈfo.ʎɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "folha" come from?
"folha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.