garfo

noun

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The verdict

“garfo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,586. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,586
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - utensílio de dois ou mais dentes que faz parte do talher

Corpus desk

Index PT-garfo · garfo · Portuguese

garfo · rank #15,586 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,586
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH fragmento

Nearest frequency peer: fragmento (-3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “garfo”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “garfo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

garfo vs gato
60% similar
garfo vs giro
60% similar
garfo vs grão
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for garfo
PropertyValue
Headwordgarfo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,586
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “garfo”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.garfocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “fragmento” (#15,583), “hospitalar” (#15,592), “farofa” (#15,578). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “garfo” fica em #15,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around garfo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,586 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    utensílio de dois ou mais dentes que faz parte do talher
  2. 2
    forquilha das rodas da bicicleta
  3. 3
    forquilha para separar a palha do grão nas eiras
  4. 4
    nas enxertias, a parte que se fixa ao cavalo
  5. 5
    dominação dos enxames emigrantes da colmeia por excesso de população
  6. 6
    fancho
  7. 7
    pente em formato de forquilha (geralmente com 4 dentes) usado para ouriçar o cabelo
  8. 8
    tipo de arpão com 3 dentes
  9. 9
    tipo de instrumento de tortura
  10. 10
    ataque de uma peça (geralmente o cavalo) a duas peças ao mesmo tempo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A dupla apostou numa proposta mais original: um sanduíche saudável, também enrolado, para ser devorado sem pressa, com garfo e faca.

Synonyms

forcaforcadoforquilhaforquetaouriçador

This word in other languages

fork(English)tenedor(Español)fourchette(Français)Gabel(Deutsch)

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.

agrfo2gafro2garffo1garof2garrfo1ggarfo1grafo2
Edit distance from "garfo"

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 "garfo"?
"garfo" is spelled G-A-R-F-O.
What does "garfo" mean?
As a noun, "garfo" means: utensílio de dois ou mais dentes que faz parte do talher
What words are commonly confused with "garfo"?
"garfo" is commonly confused with "gato", "giro", "grão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "garfo" come from?
"garfo" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

early#15,563zinco#15,485torto#15,698vazar#15,707

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

mourão7 variantsarraial7 variantssalsa7 variantsalheio7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list