fuga
/ˈfu.ɡɐ/
The verdict
“fuga” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,622 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,622
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de escapar, fugir
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fuga |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfu.ɡɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fuga” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for fuga is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfu.ɡɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,622 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for fuga, with forms such as "ffuga", "fgua", and "fuag". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fui", "fun", "full", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is fuga, spelled F-U-G-A.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de escapar, fugir
- 2movimento de retirar-se rápida e precipitadamente
- 3forma de esquivar-se de algo, de uma situação
- 4escape de água ou outros líquidos, gás, etc., num recipiente, encanamento, etc., ou de energia numa rede
- 5o buraco por onde, em um fole, ocorre a entrada do ar para a produção do vento
- 6orifício existente nos destiladores por onde sai o produto destilado
- 7momento em que algo ocorre
- 8evasão de preso ou indivíduo submetido a medida de segurança detentiva ou sob a iminência de pena restritiva da liberdade que, em si, não constitui um crime, sendo puníveis aqueles que auxiliem ou facilitem o ato
- 9perda efêmera da consciência
- 10transmissão sem consentimento de forma de informação para fora de organização ou entidade
- 11situação acalorada, com veemência
- 12o mesmo que contraforte
- 13folga existente numa engrenagem a fim de que haja trepidação sem danificar o mecanismo
- 14no arado, a parte da rabiça situada entre o teiró e o ferro
- 15meio de se distrair ou aliviar dos problemas, alheando-se da realidade
- 16momento no qual os competidores em corridas, especialmente no ciclismo, realizam um grande avanço sobre os demais competidores ou partem à frente dos demais
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffuga,fgua,fuag,fugga,ufga
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fuga - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “fuga”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-U-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfu.ɡɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fui” - see the side-by-side comparison. fuga vs fui
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.