fulano
The verdict
“fulano” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,777. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,777
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa qualquer não especificada; usado para completar o espaço que deveria ser preenchido pelo nome de uma pessoa qualquer em uma frase:
Corpus desk
Index PT-fulano · fulano · Portuguese
fulano · rank #16,777 · 8 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,777
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fundar
Nearest frequency peer: fundar (+1 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “fulano”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- flauta
flauta
83,233 corpus weight
- fraga
fraga
83,230 corpus weight
- frigorífico
frigorífico
83,226 corpus weight
- fulano
fulano
83,224 corpus weight
- fundar
fundar
83,223 corpus weight
- furto
furto
83,222 corpus weight
What this shows “fulano” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | fulano |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “fulano”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around fulano, anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,777 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fulano, with forms such as "ffulano", "fluano", and "fualno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "fusão", "furado", "fumado", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is fulano, spelled F-U-L-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1pessoa qualquer não especificada; usado para completar o espaço que deveria ser preenchido pelo nome de uma pessoa qualquer em uma frase:
- 2pessoa insignificante
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fulano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Desceu tanto pra subir, mas afinal agora é "Madame Fulano de Tal".
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffulano
- fluano
- fualno
- fulanno
- fulaon
- fullano
- fulnao
- uflano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fulano - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).