furão
/fu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“furão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,189 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,189
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mamífero mustelídeo, domesticado para caçar coelhos
Corpus desk
Index PT-furao · furão · Portuguese
furão · rank #52,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,189
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH forquilha
Nearest frequency peer: forquilha (-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 “furão”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fiambre
fiambre
47,825 corpus weight
- filosofar
filosofar
47,824 corpus weight
- fini
fini
47,822 corpus weight
- forquilha
forquilha
47,816 corpus weight
- furão
furão
47,812 corpus weight
- glande
glande
47,805 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “furão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | furão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “furão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
furão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,189 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mamífero mustelídeo, domesticado para caçar coelhos".
No generated misspelling entries exist for furão in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is furão, spelled F-U-R-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1mamífero mustelídeo, domesticado para caçar coelhos
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.
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