fotocópia
The verdict
“fotocópia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,845 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,845
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reprodução fotográfica de imagens diretamente sobre papel
Corpus desk
Index PT-fotocopia · fotocópia · Portuguese
fotocópia · rank #68,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,845
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH funcho
Nearest frequency peer: funcho (+4 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “fotocópia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- explain
explain
31,175 corpus weight
- farmacológi…
farmacológicas
31,168 corpus weight
- fotocópia
fotocópia
31,156 corpus weight
- funcho
funcho
31,152 corpus weight
- gastroenter…
gastroenterite
31,143 corpus weight
- gilete
gilete
31,136 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fotocópia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fotocópia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fotocópia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fotocópia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,845 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "reprodução fotográfica de imagens diretamente sobre papel".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fotocópia, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is fotocópia, spelled F-O-T-O-C-Ó-P-I-A.
Definition
- 1reprodução fotográfica de imagens diretamente sobre papel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fotocópia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Preferencialmente, serão terceirizados serviços como conservação, limpeza, vigilância e manutenção de prédios públicos, copa, transportes, recepção, fotocópia e informática.
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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