forja

//ˈfɔɹ.ʒə// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,463

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

forja is aPortuguesenoun. It means: local onde fica o equipamento, todo o material e onde se executa o ofício de ferreiro Pronounced /ˈfɔɹ.ʒə/. Often confused with foro and fort.

Key facts for forja
PropertyValue
Headwordforja
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfɔɹ.ʒə/
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,463
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for forja is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for forja, with forms such as "fforja", "fojra", and "foraj". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foro", "fort", "Form", 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 forja, spelled F-O-R-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    local onde fica o equipamento, todo o material e onde se executa o ofício de ferreiro

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fforja,fojra,foraj,forjja,forrja,froja,ofrja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for forja

Misspelling Variants of "forja"

fforja6fojra5foraj5forjja6forrja6froja5ofrja5
Misspelling Variants of "forja"

Frequency rank: #36,463 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "forja"?
"forja" is spelled F-O-R-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɔɹ.ʒə/.
What does "forja" mean?
As a noun, "forja" means: local onde fica o equipamento, todo o material e onde se executa o ofício de ferreiro
What words are commonly confused with "forja"?
"forja" is commonly confused with "foro", "fort", "Form". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "forja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forja" is /ˈfɔɹ.ʒə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forja" come from?
"forja" 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.