amapola
/ama'pola/
The verdict
“amapola” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta silvestre de flores vermelhas, pertencente à família das Papaver rhoeas
Corpus desk
Index PT-amapola · amapola · Portuguese
amapola · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amapola |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ama'pola/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “amapola” em português
Rare enough to double-check
amapola is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ama'pola/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amapola, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is amapola, spelled A-M-A-P-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1planta silvestre de flores vermelhas, pertencente à família das Papaver rhoeas
- 2papoula
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.