fon
/ˈfõ/
The verdict
“fon” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #44,372) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #44,372
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à etnia dos fons
Corpus desk
Index PT-fon · fon · Portuguese
fon · rank #44,372 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,372
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH formol
Nearest frequency peer: formol (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “fon”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- exacerbado
exacerbado
55,646 corpus weight
- Fales
Fales
55,641 corpus weight
- finado
finado
55,632 corpus weight
- fon
fon
55,629 corpus weight
- formol
formol
55,628 corpus weight
- fugaz
fugaz
55,619 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “fon” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fon |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfõ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #44,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “fon”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for fon is neighbouring look-alikes ("for", "fui", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /ˈfõ/. Frequency #44,372 among 853 “F” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
fon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "for", "fui", "foz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is fon, spelled F-O-N.
Definition
- 1relativo à etnia dos fons
- 2relacionado ao idioma fon
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).