fuzil

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,148

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

fuzil is aPortuguesenoun. It means: peça de metal com que se atritava uma pederneira (por exemplo, sílex) para produzir centelhas Often confused with fui and fil.

Key facts for fuzil
PropertyValue
Headwordfuzil
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,148
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fuzil in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fuzil is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #14,148 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for fuzil, with forms such as "ffuzil", "fuizl", and "fuzill". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "fui", "fil", "full", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is fuzil, spelled F-U-Z-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    peça de metal com que se atritava uma pederneira (por exemplo, sílex) para produzir centelhas
  2. 2
    golpe sofrido por forte emoção
  3. 3
    o mesmo que relâmpago (clarão repentino)
  4. 4
    cada um dos elos de metal de uma corrente
  5. 5
    vínculo
  6. 6
    aro de ferro que prende à tábua de arremate a serra grande dos serradores
  7. 7
    argola de metal que prende a lâmina do enxó ao cabo
  8. 8
    instrumento em forma de estoque, com punho e geralmente sem fio de corte, que serve para amolar facas e facões
  9. 9
    isqueiro de chifre de boi; binga
  10. 10
    nome dos ossos do antebraço e da perna
  11. 11
    arma portátil de cano comprido; espécie de carabina; espingarda
  12. 12
    (Regionalismo: Portugal) elo da amarra de navio
  13. 13
    parte achatada da haste do anzol onde se fixa a linha por meio do estrovo

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffuzil,fuizl,fuzill,fuzli,fuzzil,fzuil,ufzil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fuzil

Misspelling Variants of "fuzil"

ffuzil6fuizl5fuzill6fuzli5fuzzil6fzuil5ufzil5
Misspelling Variants of "fuzil"

Frequency rank: #14,148 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fuzil"?
"fuzil" is spelled F-U-Z-I-L.
What does "fuzil" mean?
As a noun, "fuzil" means: peça de metal com que se atritava uma pederneira (por exemplo, sílex) para produzir centelhas
What words are commonly confused with "fuzil"?
"fuzil" is commonly confused with "fui", "fil", "full". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "fuzil" come from?
"fuzil" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.