garfo
The verdict
“garfo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #15,586 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,586
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - utensílio de dois ou mais dentes que faz parte do talher
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garfo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “garfo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for garfo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #15,586 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for garfo, with forms such as "agrfo", "gafro", and "garffo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gato", "giro", "grão", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is garfo, spelled G-A-R-F-O.
Definition
- 1utensílio de dois ou mais dentes que faz parte do talher
- 2forquilha das rodas da bicicleta
- 3forquilha para separar a palha do grão nas eiras
- 4nas enxertias, a parte que se fixa ao cavalo
- 5dominação dos enxames emigrantes da colmeia por excesso de população
- 6fancho
- 7pente em formato de forquilha (geralmente com 4 dentes) usado para ouriçar o cabelo
- 8tipo de arpão com 3 dentes
- 9tipo de instrumento de tortura
- 10ataque de uma peça (geralmente o cavalo) a duas peças ao mesmo tempo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agrfo,gafro,garffo,garof,garrfo,ggarfo,grafo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of garfo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “garfo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-A-R-F-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “gato” - see the side-by-side comparison. garfo vs gato
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.