alfarroba
/aɫ.fɐ.ˈRo.bɐ/
The verdict
“alfarroba” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,583 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,583
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fruto da alfarrobeira
Corpus desk
Index PT-alfarroba · alfarroba · Portuguese
alfarroba · rank #91,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,583
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH antagônico
Nearest frequency peer: antagônico (+9 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 “alfarroba”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- abundancia
abundancia
8,448 corpus weight
- afeiçoado
afeiçoado
8,435 corpus weight
- alfarroba
alfarroba
8,418 corpus weight
- antagônico
antagônico
8,409 corpus weight
- arriar
arriar
8,393 corpus weight
- atmosphere
atmosphere
8,382 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “alfarroba” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alfarroba |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aɫ.fɐ.ˈRo.bɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “alfarroba” em português
Rare enough to double-check
alfarroba is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,583 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /aɫ.fɐ.ˈRo.bɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fruto da alfarrobeira".
Zero misspellings are on record for alfarroba in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 alfarroba, spelled A-L-F-A-R-R-O-B-A.
Definition
- 1fruto da alfarrobeira
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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