alambique
/a.lɐ̃.ˈbi.ki/
The verdict
“alambique” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,523 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,523
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aparelho onde se faz a destilação das bebidas alcoólicas
Corpus desk
Index PT-alambique · alambique · Portuguese
alambique · rank #59,523 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,523
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH aglutinação
Nearest frequency peer: aglutinação (-2 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 “alambique”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- abscesso
abscesso
40,487 corpus weight
- acumulador
acumulador
40,483 corpus weight
- aglutinação
aglutinação
40,480 corpus weight
- alambique
alambique
40,478 corpus weight
- amaldiçoar
amaldiçoar
40,470 corpus weight
- amparar
amparar
40,468 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “alambique” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alambique |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /a.lɐ̃.ˈbi.ki/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “alambique” em português
Rare enough to double-check
alambique is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,523 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /a.lɐ̃.ˈbi.ki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
alambique doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is alambique, spelled A-L-A-M-B-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1aparelho onde se faz a destilação das bebidas alcoólicas
- 2instalação para fabricar cachaça
- 3beberrão; bêbedo
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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