forquilha
/fuɾ.ˈki.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“forquilha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,185 among 1,704 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,185
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,704
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequeno garfo de três pontas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forquilha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fuɾ.ˈki.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “forquilha” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
forquilha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,185 among 1,704 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fuɾ.ˈki.ʎɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for forquilha, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is forquilha, spelled F-O-R-Q-U-I-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1pequeno garfo de três pontas
- 2forca, instrumento agrícola de dentes
- 3ramo de árvore ou arbusto que se bifurca com o formato da letra Y
- 4local do gol onde a trave de sustentação se encontra com a trave superior
- 5planta da família das gramíneas, nativa do Brasil
- 6verme nematódeo da família dos singamídeos
This word in other languages
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 “forquilha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-O-R-Q-U-I-L-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fuɾ.ˈki.ʎɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.