alcateia
/aɫ.kɐ.ˈtɐj.ɐ/
The verdict
“alcateia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,112 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,112
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grupo de lobos
Corpus desk
Index PT-alcateia · alcateia · Portuguese
alcateia · rank #57,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,112
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH alcohol
Nearest frequency peer: alcohol (+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 “alcateia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- aio
aio
42,894 corpus weight
- albergar
albergar
42,891 corpus weight
- alcateia
alcateia
42,889 corpus weight
- alcohol
alcohol
42,888 corpus weight
- aleatorieda…
aleatoriedade
42,887 corpus weight
- altivo
altivo
42,884 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “alcateia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcateia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aɫ.kɐ.ˈtɐj.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “alcateia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
alcateia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,112 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /aɫ.kɐ.ˈtɐj.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for alcateia in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is alcateia, spelled A-L-C-A-T-E-I-A.
Definition
- 1grupo de lobos
- 2grupo de animais ferozes
- 3grupo de malfeitores
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).