fonte
/ˈfõ.tɨ/
The verdict
“fonte” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #894 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #894
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - lugar onde nasce água
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 | fonte |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfõ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fonte” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for fonte is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fonte, with forms such as "ffonte", "fnote", and "fonet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "foto", "fort", "fosse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is fonte, spelled F-O-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1lugar onde nasce água
- 2chafariz ou bica por onde corre água
- 3cada um dos lados da região temporal
- 4texto original de uma obra
- 5causa, origem
- 6forma de grafia para todos os símbolos de um determinado alfabeto ou conjunto de alfabetos
- 7têmpora, zona da cabeça do osso temporal
- 8grande prato de onde comem todos os comensais
- 9componente 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
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffonte,fnote,fonet,fonnte,fontte,fotne,ofnte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fonte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “fonte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-O-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfõ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “foto” - see the side-by-side comparison. fonte vs foto
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.