fonética

//foˈnɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,979

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

fonética is aPortuguesenoun. It means: estudo sobre os sons da fala humana, com foco nas propriedades físicas dos sons produzidos (fonemas) e os processos de sua produção fisiológica, da recepção auditiva e percepção neurofisiológica, c... Pronounced /foˈnɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/.

Key facts for fonética
PropertyValue
Headwordfonética
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/foˈnɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#49,979
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fonética is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /foˈnɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #49,979 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fonética, with forms such as "ffonética", "fnoética", and "fonnética". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 fonética, spelled F-O-N-É-T-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    estudo sobre os sons da fala humana, com foco nas propriedades físicas dos sons produzidos (fonemas) e os processos de sua produção fisiológica, da recepção auditiva e percepção neurofisiológica, com sua representação por símbolos escritos
  2. 2
    análise descritiva das peculiaridades dos sons da fala em certa língua ou idioma

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffonética,fnoética,fonnética,fontéica,fonéitca,fonétcia,fonétiac,fonéticca,fonéttica,foéntica,ofnética

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fonética

Misspelling Variants of "fonética"

ffonética9fnoética8fonnética9fontéica8fonéitca8fonétcia8fonétiac8fonéticca9
Misspelling Variants of "fonética"

Frequency rank: #49,979 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fonética"?
"fonética" is spelled F-O-N-É-T-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /foˈnɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/.
What does "fonética" mean?
As a noun, "fonética" means: estudo sobre os sons da fala humana, com foco nas propriedades físicas dos sons produzidos (fonemas) e os processos de sua produção fisiológica, da recepção auditiva e percepção neurofisiológica, c...
What are common misspellings of "fonética"?
Common misspellings include "ffonética", "fnoética", "fonnética", "fontéica", "fonéitca". The correct spelling is "fonética".
How do you pronounce "fonética"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fonética" is /foˈnɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fonética" come from?
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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.