funesto
/fu.ˈnɛʃ.tu/
The verdict
“funesto” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sinistro
Corpus desk
Index PT-funesto · funesto · Portuguese
funesto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | funesto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fu.ˈnɛʃ.tu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “funesto” em português
Rare enough to double-check
funesto is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fu.ˈnɛʃ.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for funesto in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is funesto, spelled F-U-N-E-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1sinistro
- 2nocivo
- 3cruel
- 4nefasto
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.