Formosa

/foɾ.ˈmɔ.zɐ/

//foɾ.ˈmɔ.zɐ// noun

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The verdict

“Formosa” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,600
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - país asiático próximo à China

Corpus desk

Index PT-formosa · Formosa · Portuguese

Formosa · rank #18,600 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,600
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH Form

Nearest frequency peer: Form (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Formosa”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “Formosa” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Formosa vs fórmula
43% similar
Formosa vs formoso
71% similar
Formosa vs fomos
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Formosa
PropertyValue
HeadwordFormosa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/foɾ.ˈmɔ.zɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,600
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Formosa”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).Formosacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Form” (#18,599), “ferroviário” (#18,596), “gelatina” (#18,605). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “Formosa” fica em #18,600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Formosa (IPA /foɾ.ˈmɔ.zɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,600 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Formosa, with forms such as "fformosa", "fomrosa", and "formmosa". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "fórmula", "formoso", "fomos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is Formosa, spelled F-O-R-M-O-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    país asiático próximo à China
  2. 2
    ilha localizada no leste da Ásia
  3. 3
    ilha africana, pertencente a Guiné-Bissau
  4. 4
    província na Argentina
  5. 5
    capital dessa província
  6. 6
    município no Estado de Goiás (Brasil)
  7. 7
    município no distrito de Portalegre (Portugal)
  8. 8
    município no distrito de Santarém (Portugal)
  9. 9
    município no estado de Arkansas (Estados Unidos)
  10. 10
    município na província de Virgínia (Estados Unidos)
  11. 11
    município na província de Ontário (Canadá)

Synonyms

República da ChinaTaiwanTaiwan

This word in other languages

Taiwan(English)Taiwán(Español)Taiwan(Français)Taiwan(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fformosa
  • fomrosa
  • formmosa
  • formoas
  • formossa
  • formsoa
  • foromsa
  • forrmosa
  • fromosa
  • ofrmosa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Formosa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

fformosa1fomrosa2formmosa1formoas2formossa1formsoa2foromsa2forrmosa1
Edit distance from "Formosa"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Formosa"?
"Formosa" is spelled F-O-R-M-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is /foɾ.ˈmɔ.zɐ/.
What does "Formosa" mean?
As a noun, "Formosa" means: país asiático próximo à China
What words are commonly confused with "Formosa"?
"Formosa" is commonly confused with "fórmula", "formoso", "fomos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Formosa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Formosa" is /foɾ.ˈmɔ.zɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Formosa" come from?
"Formosa" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Formosa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list