alabastro
/ɐ.lɐ.ˈbaʃ.tɾu/
The verdict
“alabastro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,882 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,882
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - designação aplicada a dois minerais distintos: gesso (sulfato de cálcio hidratado) e calcite (um carbonato de cálcio)
Corpus desk
Index PT-alabastro · alabastro · Portuguese
alabastro · rank #67,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,882
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH aimará
Nearest frequency peer: aimará (-1 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “alabastro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- adaptation
adaptation
32,131 corpus weight
- aimará
aimará
32,120 corpus weight
- alabastro
alabastro
32,119 corpus weight
- alfazema
alfazema
32,115 corpus weight
- alforria
alforria
32,114 corpus weight
- alibi
alibi
32,111 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “alabastro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alabastro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.lɐ.ˈbaʃ.tɾu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “alabastro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
alabastro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,882 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.lɐ.ˈbaʃ.tɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "designação aplicada a dois minerais distintos: gesso (sulfato de cálcio hidratado) e calcite (um carbonato de cálcio)".
No misspelling variants are generated for alabastro in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is alabastro, spelled A-L-A-B-A-S-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1designação aplicada a dois minerais distintos: gesso (sulfato de cálcio hidratado) e calcite (um carbonato de cálcio)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alabastro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Com teto de alabastro e colunas de ônix, o Taj fica à beira-mar, a poucos metros do Gateway of India, outro ícone da cidade.
This word in other languages
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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