arbor
/ˈar.bor/, [ˈar.bɔr]
The verdict
“arbor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,938 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,938
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - árvore
Corpus desk
Index PT-arbor · arbor · Portuguese
arbor · rank #55,938 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,938
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH Armagedom
Nearest frequency peer: Armagedom (+2 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 “arbor”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- apagamento
apagamento
44,070 corpus weight
- arbor
arbor
44,063 corpus weight
- Armagedom
Armagedom
44,061 corpus weight
- assistencia…
assistencialismo
44,058 corpus weight
- autossufici…
autossuficiente
44,053 corpus weight
- beicinho
beicinho
44,043 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “arbor” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arbor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈar.bor/, [ˈar.bɔr] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “arbor” em português
Rare enough to double-check
arbor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,938 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈar.bor/, [ˈar.bɔr]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "árvore".
No generated misspelling entries exist for arbor in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is arbor, spelled A-R-B-O-R.
Definition
- 1árvore
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arbor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Nullam, Vare, sacra vite prius severis arborem”
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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