hemofilia
/ɛ.mɔ.fi.ˈli.ɐ/
The verdict
“hemofilia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,410 among 995 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,410
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 995
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nome genérico de diversas doenças genéticas hereditárias que incapacitam o corpo de controlar sangramentos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hemofilia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛ.mɔ.fi.ˈli.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hemofilia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hemofilia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,410 among 995 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛ.mɔ.fi.ˈli.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nome genérico de diversas doenças genéticas hereditárias que incapacitam o corpo de controlar sangramentos".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hemofilia, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is hemofilia, spelled H-E-M-O-F-I-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1nome genérico de diversas doenças genéticas hereditárias que incapacitam o corpo de controlar sangramentos
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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 “hemofilia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-E-M-O-F-I-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɛ.mɔ.fi.ˈli.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.