fond
The verdict
“fond” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,373 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,373
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - afeiçoado, meigo, carinhoso
Corpus desk
Index PT-fond · fond · Portuguese
fond · rank #60,373 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,373
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH flatulência
Nearest frequency peer: flatulência (-3 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “fond”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- faisão
faisão
39,648 corpus weight
- fatorial
fatorial
39,640 corpus weight
- ferrolho
ferrolho
39,636 corpus weight
- flatulência
flatulência
39,631 corpus weight
- fond
fond
39,628 corpus weight
- grelhar
grelhar
39,608 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fond” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fond |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fond” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fond is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,373 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
fond has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is fond, spelled F-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1afeiçoado, meigo, carinhoso
- 2indulgente, complacente, tolerante
- 3insensato, tolo, imprudente, precipitado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This girl is fond of her friends. She loves devoting her time to others. What would become of her if there were no one left to share it with her?
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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