forçado

//fuɾ.ˈsa.du// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,007

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

forçado is anPortugueseadj. It means: obrigado Pronounced /fuɾ.ˈsa.du/. It ranks #5,007 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with forçar and furado.

Key facts for forçado
PropertyValue
Headwordforçado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/fuɾ.ˈsa.du/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,007
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for forçado is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fuɾ.ˈsa.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,007 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for forçado, with forms such as "fforçado", "foraçdo", and "forrçado". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "forçar", "furado", "formato", 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 forçado, spelled F-O-R-Ç-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    obrigado
  2. 2
    não natural; fingido

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fforçado,foraçdo,forrçado,forçaddo,forçaod,forçdao,foçrado,froçado,ofrçado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for forçado

Misspelling Variants of "forçado"

fforçado8foraçdo7forrçado8forçaddo8forçaod7forçdao7foçrado7froçado7
Misspelling Variants of "forçado"

Frequency rank: #5,007 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "forçado"?
"forçado" is spelled F-O-R-Ç-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /fuɾ.ˈsa.du/.
What does "forçado" mean?
As an adj, "forçado" means: obrigado
What words are commonly confused with "forçado"?
"forçado" is commonly confused with "forçar", "furado", "formato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "forçado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forçado" is /fuɾ.ˈsa.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forçado" come from?
"forçado" 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.