forja
/ˈfɔɹ.ʒə/
The verdict
“forja” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #36,463 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #36,463
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - local onde fica o equipamento, todo o material e onde se executa o ofício de ferreiro
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 | forja |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɔɹ.ʒə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #36,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “forja” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for forja is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɔɹ.ʒə/. Corpus data places it at rank #36,463 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "local onde fica o equipamento, todo o material e onde se executa o ofício de ferreiro".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for forja, with forms such as "fforja", "fojra", and "foraj". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foro", "fort", "Form", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is forja, spelled F-O-R-J-A.
Definition
- 1local onde fica o equipamento, todo o material e onde se executa o ofício de ferreiro
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fforja,fojra,foraj,forjja,forrja,froja,ofrja
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forja - 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 “forja”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-O-R-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɔɹ.ʒə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “foro” - see the side-by-side comparison. forja vs foro
- 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.