arre
The verdict
“arre” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,982 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,982
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - voz com que se tocam animais de carga
Corpus desk
Index PT-arre · arre · Portuguese
arre · rank #63,982 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,982
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH amortecer
Nearest frequency peer: amortecer (-14 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 “arre”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- airplane
airplane
36,048 corpus weight
- amaciar
amaciar
36,040 corpus weight
- amarelar
amarelar
36,036 corpus weight
- amortecer
amortecer
36,033 corpus weight
- arre
arre
36,019 corpus weight
- bissexto
bissexto
35,989 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “arre” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “arre” em português
Rare enough to double-check
arre is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,982 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
arre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is arre, spelled A-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1voz com que se tocam animais de carga
- 2voz que exprime enfado, zanga ou raiva
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
arre, olha o que fizeste!
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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