arpão
/ɐɾ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“arpão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,743 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,743
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - lança para pesca, consiste numa vara de arremesso, que no seu extremo leva um ou vários garfos com forma ganchuda, que perfuram apresando
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arpão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐɾ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arpão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
arpão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,743 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐɾ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lança para pesca, consiste numa vara de arremesso, que no seu extremo leva um ou vários garfos com forma ganchuda, que perfuram apresando".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for arpão, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is arpão, spelled A-R-P-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1lança para pesca, consiste numa vara de arremesso, que no seu extremo leva um ou vários garfos com forma ganchuda, que perfuram apresando
This word in other languages
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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Using “arpão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-R-P-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐɾ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.