fotão
/fɔ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“fotão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vide fóton
Corpus desk
Index PT-fotao · fotão · Portuguese
fotão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fotão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɔ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fotão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fotão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɔ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vide fóton".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fotão, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is fotão, spelled F-O-T-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1vide fóton
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.