alpiste
The verdict
“alpiste” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,693 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,693
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - planta da família das Poaceae, especialmente do gênero Phalaris, cultivada por suas sementes usadas na alimentação de aves domésticas; inclui espécies como Phalaris canariensis
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alpiste |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alpiste” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alpiste is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,693 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alpiste, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is alpiste, spelled A-L-P-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1planta da família das Poaceae, especialmente do gênero Phalaris, cultivada por suas sementes usadas na alimentação de aves domésticas; inclui espécies como Phalaris canariensis
- 2semente comestível, rica em proteínas e fibras, usada também na produção de leite vegetal e em dietas humanas
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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Using “alpiste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-P-I-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.