areeiro

/ɐ.ˈɾjɐj.ɾu/

//ɐ.ˈɾjɐj.ɾu// noun

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The verdict

“areeiro” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #63,309 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#63,309
frequency rank, Portuguese
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - lugar onde há areia, areal

Key facts for areeiro
PropertyValue
Headwordareeiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈɾjɐj.ɾu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#63,309
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “areeiro” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). areeiro lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for areeiro is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ˈɾjɐj.ɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #63,309 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for areeiro in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 areeiro, spelled A-R-E-E-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    lugar onde há areia, areal
  2. 2
    borrelho-pequeno-de-coleira (Charadrius dubius)
  3. 3
    aquilo que tem relação com a areia, vaso para a areia, pessoa que trabalha com areia, barco que transporta areia

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "areeiro"?
"areeiro" is spelled A-R-E-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈɾjɐj.ɾu/.
What does "areeiro" mean?
As a noun, "areeiro" means: lugar onde há areia, areal
How do you pronounce "areeiro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "areeiro" is /ɐ.ˈɾjɐj.ɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "areeiro" come from?
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Using “areeiro”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-R-E-E-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ɐ.ˈɾjɐj.ɾu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list