francófono
/fɾã.ˈkɔ.fo.nu/
The verdict
“francófono” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,554 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,554
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - onde se fala francês
Corpus desk
Index PT-francofono · francófono · Portuguese
francófono · rank #63,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,554
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH formosura
Nearest frequency peer: formosura (-6 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 “francófono”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- estria
estria
36,476 corpus weight
- experienciar
experienciar
36,472 corpus weight
- filete
filete
36,463 corpus weight
- fisgar
fisgar
36,460 corpus weight
- formosura
formosura
36,453 corpus weight
- francófono
francófono
36,447 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “francófono” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | francófono |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fɾã.ˈkɔ.fo.nu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “francófono” em português
Rare enough to double-check
francófono is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,554 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fɾã.ˈkɔ.fo.nu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for francófono, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 francófono, spelled F-R-A-N-C-Ó-F-O-N-O.
Definition
- 1onde se fala francês
- 2que fala francês
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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