foundry
/faʊndɹi/
The verdict
“foundry” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,738 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,738
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fundição
Corpus desk
Index PT-foundry · foundry · Portuguese
foundry · rank #97,738 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,738
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH futurologia
Nearest frequency peer: futurologia (+11 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 “foundry”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- flirt
flirt
2,280 corpus weight
- florada
florada
2,277 corpus weight
- foundry
foundry
2,263 corpus weight
- futurologia
futurologia
2,252 corpus weight
- galgar
galgar
2,247 corpus weight
- gamado
gamado
2,246 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “foundry” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foundry |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /faʊndɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “foundry” em português
Rare enough to double-check
foundry is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,738 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /faʊndɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fundição".
Zero misspellings are on record for foundry in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is foundry, spelled F-O-U-N-D-R-Y.
Definition
- 1fundição
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).