nome feio
The verdict
“nome feio” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - palavrão; palavra obscena ou rude
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nome feio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nome feio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nome feio is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "palavrão; palavra obscena ou rude".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nome feio, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is nome feio, spelled N-O-M-E- -F-E-I-O.
Definition
- 1palavrão; palavra obscena ou rude
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “nome feio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-O-M-E- -F-E-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.