amarillo
/a.ma.ˈɾi.ʎo/, /a.ma.ˈɾi.ʤo/
The verdict
“amarillo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,609 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,609
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - amarelo
Corpus desk
Index PT-amarillo · amarillo · Portuguese
amarillo · rank #64,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,609
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH aliciar
Nearest frequency peer: aliciar (-6 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 “amarillo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- aber
aber
35,418 corpus weight
- aliciar
aliciar
35,398 corpus weight
- amarillo
amarillo
35,392 corpus weight
- apreciável
apreciável
35,384 corpus weight
- arrebatador
arrebatador
35,377 corpus weight
- autóctone
autóctone
35,368 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “amarillo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amarillo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /a.ma.ˈɾi.ʎo/, /a.ma.ˈɾi.ʤo/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “amarillo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
amarillo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,609 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /a.ma.ˈɾi.ʎo/, /a.ma.ˈɾi.ʤo/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
amarillo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 amarillo, spelled A-M-A-R-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1amarelo
- 2pertecente à raça asiática ou mongólica
- 3ictérico, que padece de icterícia
- 4branco, pálido de susto
- 5covarde, pusilânime
- 6fura-greve, que não adere a uma greve
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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