fuxico

noun

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The verdict

“fuxico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,237 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,237
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer comentários sobre a vida alheia, geralmente em segredo; fofoca, futrica, futrico, mexerico

Corpus desk

Index PT-fuxico · fuxico · Portuguese

fuxico · rank #73,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,237
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fos

Nearest frequency peer: fos (-10 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 “fuxico”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fuxico” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fuxico
PropertyValue
Headwordfuxico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#73,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fuxico” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).fuxicocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “fos” (#73,227), “fido” (#73,214), “Héracles” (#73,278). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fuxico” fica em #73,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fuxico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,237 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for fuxico in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is fuxico, spelled F-U-X-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer comentários sobre a vida alheia, geralmente em segredo; fofoca, futrica, futrico, mexerico
  2. 2
    técnica de costura que consiste em fazer círculos de tecido com pregas, que são chamados de botões (em comparação com rosas), e preencher superfícies de tecidos com esses círculos
  3. 3
    técnica de costura que consiste em fazer círculos de tecido com pregas, que são chamados de botões (em comparação com rosas), e preencher superfícies de tecidos com esses círculos
  4. 4
    namoro, namorico, flerte

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Não fica de fuxico na janela!"

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 "fuxico"?
"fuxico" is spelled F-U-X-I-C-O.
What does "fuxico" mean?
As a noun, "fuxico" means: fazer comentários sobre a vida alheia, geralmente em segredo; fofoca, futrica, futrico, mexerico
What language does "fuxico" come from?
"fuxico" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lêmure#73,341bonobo#73,014vómito#72,887urucum#72,860

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list