fonte

//ˈfõ.tɨ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#894

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

fonte is aPortuguesenoun. It means: lugar onde nasce água Pronounced /ˈfõ.tɨ/. It ranks #894 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with foto and fort.

Key facts for fonte
PropertyValue
Headwordfonte
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfõ.tɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#894
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fonte is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfõ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #894 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 9 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 fonte, with forms such as "ffonte", "fnote", and "fonet". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "foto", "fort", "fosse", 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 fonte, spelled F-O-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    lugar onde nasce água
  2. 2
    chafariz ou bica por onde corre água
  3. 3
    cada um dos lados da região temporal
  4. 4
    texto original de uma obra
  5. 5
    causa, origem
  6. 6
    forma de grafia para todos os símbolos de um determinado alfabeto ou conjunto de alfabetos
  7. 7
    têmpora, zona da cabeça do osso temporal
  8. 8
    grande prato de onde comem todos os comensais
  9. 9
    componente de um computador que adapta a tensão da energia que chega pela rede elétrica à voltagem adequada para o uso dos componentes desse mesmo computador

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffonte,fnote,fonet,fonnte,fontte,fotne,ofnte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fonte

Misspelling Variants of "fonte"

ffonte6fnote5fonet5fonnte6fontte6fotne5ofnte5
Misspelling Variants of "fonte"

Frequency rank: #894 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fonte"?
"fonte" is spelled F-O-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfõ.tɨ/.
What does "fonte" mean?
As a noun, "fonte" means: lugar onde nasce água
What words are commonly confused with "fonte"?
"fonte" is commonly confused with "foto", "fort", "fosse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fonte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fonte" is /ˈfõ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fonte" come from?
"fonte" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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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.