funcho

/ˈfũ.ʃu/

//ˈfũ.ʃu// noun

The verdict

“funcho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,849 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,849
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta herbácea da família das umbelíferas com aplicação medicinal; Foeniculum vulgare

Corpus desk

Index PT-funcho · funcho · Portuguese

funcho · rank #68,849 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,849
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fotocópia

Nearest frequency peer: fotocópia (-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 “funcho”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “funcho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for funcho
PropertyValue
Headwordfuncho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfũ.ʃu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,849
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “funcho” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).funchocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “fotocópia” (#68,845), “gastroenterite” (#68,858), “farmacológicas” (#68,833). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “funcho” fica em #68,849. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

funcho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,849 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfũ.ʃu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "planta herbácea da família das umbelíferas com aplicação medicinal; Foeniculum vulgare".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for funcho, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 funcho, spelled F-U-N-C-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    planta herbácea da família das umbelíferas com aplicação medicinal; Foeniculum vulgare

Synonyms

fiolhofiuncho

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "funcho"?
"funcho" is spelled F-U-N-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfũ.ʃu/.
What does "funcho" mean?
As a noun, "funcho" means: planta herbácea da família das umbelíferas com aplicação medicinal; Foeniculum vulgare
How do you pronounce "funcho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "funcho" is /ˈfũ.ʃu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "funcho" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "funcho", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list