alcatifa
/aɫ.kɐ.ˈti.fɐ/
The verdict
“alcatifa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,434 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,434
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grande tapete que reveste o chão e as paredes
Corpus desk
Index PT-alcatifa · alcatifa · Portuguese
alcatifa · rank #93,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,434
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH agasalhado
Nearest frequency peer: agasalhado (-4 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 “alcatifa”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vaporizar
vaporizar
6,632 corpus weight
- worker
worker
6,610 corpus weight
- agasalhado
agasalhado
6,571 corpus weight
- alcatifa
alcatifa
6,567 corpus weight
- arrozal
arrozal
6,529 corpus weight
- assíncrono
assíncrono
6,521 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “alcatifa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcatifa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aɫ.kɐ.ˈti.fɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “alcatifa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
alcatifa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,434 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /aɫ.kɐ.ˈti.fɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alcatifa, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is alcatifa, spelled A-L-C-A-T-I-F-A.
Definition
- 1grande tapete que reveste o chão e as paredes
- 2erva rasteira da família das Compostas, de folhas auriculadas, existente no Pará, norte do Brasil
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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