alfazema
/aɫ.fɐ.ˈze.mɐ/
The verdict
“alfazema” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,886 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,886
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Planta da família das Labiadas, com folhas estreitas quase cor de cinza e flores azuis - Lavandula spp.
Corpus desk
Index PT-alfazema · alfazema · Portuguese
alfazema · rank #67,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,886
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH alforria
Nearest frequency peer: alforria (+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 “alfazema”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- 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
- amárico
amárico
32,100 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “alfazema” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alfazema |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aɫ.fɐ.ˈze.mɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “alfazema” em português
Rare enough to double-check
alfazema is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,886 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /aɫ.fɐ.ˈze.mɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Planta da família das Labiadas, com folhas estreitas quase cor de cinza e flores azuis - Lavandula spp.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for alfazema, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is alfazema, spelled A-L-F-A-Z-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1Planta da família das Labiadas, com folhas estreitas quase cor de cinza e flores azuis - Lavandula spp.
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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