arpão
/ɐɾ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“arpão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,743 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,743
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lança para pesca, consiste numa vara de arremesso, que no seu extremo leva um ou vários garfos com forma ganchuda, que perfuram apresando
Corpus desk
Index PT-arpao · arpão · Portuguese
arpão · rank #57,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,743
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH armamentista
Nearest frequency peer: armamentista (-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 “arpão”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ambrosia
ambrosia
42,273 corpus weight
- amedrontar
amedrontar
42,271 corpus weight
- armamentista
armamentista
42,260 corpus weight
- arpão
arpão
42,258 corpus weight
- autenticar
autenticar
42,244 corpus weight
- berma
berma
42,232 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “arpão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “arpão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
arpão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,743 among 1,900 “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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "arpão"?
What does "arpão" mean?
How do you pronounce "arpão"?
What language does "arpão" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arpão", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).