funcho
/ˈfũ.ʃu/
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
- explain
explain
31,175 corpus weight
- farmacológi…
farmacológicas
31,168 corpus weight
- fotocópia
fotocópia
31,156 corpus weight
- funcho
funcho
31,152 corpus weight
- gastroenter…
gastroenterite
31,143 corpus weight
- gilete
gilete
31,136 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “funcho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | funcho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfũ.ʃu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “funcho” em português
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
- 1planta herbácea da família das umbelíferas com aplicação medicinal; Foeniculum vulgare
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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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