funil

noun

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The verdict

“funil” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,167
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - utensílio com a forma de pirâmide ou de cone invertido em cujo vértice há um tubo que serve para transvasar líquidos

Corpus desk

Index PT-funil · funil · Portuguese

funil · rank #30,167 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,167
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH frade

Nearest frequency peer: frade (-5 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 “funil”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “funil” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

funil vs funk
60% similar
funil vs fuzil
80% similar
funil vs fútil
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for funil
PropertyValue
Headwordfunil
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,167
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “funil”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).funilcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “frade” (#30,162), “formalidade” (#30,159), “fiável” (#30,157). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “funil” fica em #30,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around funil, anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,167 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for funil, with forms such as "ffunil", "fnuil", and "fuinl". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "funk", "fuzil", "fútil", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is funil, spelled F-U-N-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    utensílio com a forma de pirâmide ou de cone invertido em cujo vértice há um tubo que serve para transvasar líquidos
  2. 2
    objeto em forma de funil
  3. 3
    construção metálica feita sobre a superestrutura e convés principal de um navio; é usado para expelir a fuligen e a fumaça da caldeira ou gases de exaustão do motor

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how funil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ainda nesta quinta-feira, um gigantesco funil metálico chegou ao local do vazamento.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffunil
  • fnuil
  • fuinl
  • funill
  • funli
  • funnil
  • ufnil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of funil - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffunil1fnuil2fuinl2funill1funli2funnil1ufnil2
Edit distance from "funil"

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 "funil"?
"funil" is spelled F-U-N-I-L.
What does "funil" mean?
As a noun, "funil" means: utensílio com a forma de pirâmide ou de cone invertido em cujo vértice há um tubo que serve para transvasar líquidos
What words are commonly confused with "funil"?
"funil" is commonly confused with "funk", "fuzil", "fútil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "funil" come from?
"funil" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frade#30,162harpa#30,188dócil#30,118dublê#30,117

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

malte7 variantsmeans7 variantsmiopia7 variantspulga7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list