apuro
/a.ˈpu.ɾu/
The verdict
“apuro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,142 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,142
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esmero no vestir ou no falar
Corpus desk
Index PT-apuro · apuro · Portuguese
apuro · rank #53,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,142
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH apedrejamento
Nearest frequency peer: apedrejamento (-3 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 “apuro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- alam
alam
46,874 corpus weight
- amiúde
amiúde
46,870 corpus weight
- apedrejamen…
apedrejamento
46,862 corpus weight
- apuro
apuro
46,859 corpus weight
- barulheira
barulheira
46,838 corpus weight
- blur
blur
46,828 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “apuro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apuro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /a.ˈpu.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “apuro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
apuro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,142 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /a.ˈpu.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for apuro in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is apuro, spelled A-P-U-R-O.
Definition
- 1esmero no vestir ou no falar
- 2total das quantias que se apuram
- 3perfeição, requinte, capricho
- 4dificuldade, problema
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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