funileiro

noun

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The verdict

“funileiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,348 among 1,704 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,348
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,704
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - profissional metalúrgico que trabalha com a confecção ou reparo de peças em chapas metálicas (como por exemplo folha-de-flandres, aço galvanizado, alumínio, chapas de ferro em geral)

Key facts for funileiro
PropertyValue
Headwordfunileiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,348
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “funileiro” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). funileiro lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

funileiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,348 among 1,704 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "profissional metalúrgico que trabalha com a confecção ou reparo de peças em chapas metálicas (como por exemplo folha-de-flandres, aço galvanizado, alumínio, chapas de ferro em geral)".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for funileiro, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is funileiro, spelled F-U-N-I-L-E-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    profissional metalúrgico que trabalha com a confecção ou reparo de peças em chapas metálicas (como por exemplo folha-de-flandres, aço galvanizado, alumínio, chapas de ferro em geral)

Synonyms

bate-chapaflandeirofolheirolanterneirolatoeiro

This word in other languages

coppersmith(English)dinandier(Français)Kupferschmied(Deutsch)

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 "funileiro"?
"funileiro" is spelled F-U-N-I-L-E-I-R-O.
What does "funileiro" mean?
As a noun, "funileiro" means: profissional metalúrgico que trabalha com a confecção ou reparo de peças em chapas metálicas (como por exemplo folha-de-flandres, aço galvanizado, alumínio, chapas de ferro em geral)
What language does "funileiro" come from?
"funileiro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “funileiro”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-U-N-I-L-E-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list