arreio
The verdict
“arreio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,906 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,906
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arreu, continuadamente, sem interrupção, repetidamente
Corpus desk
Index PT-arreio · arreio · Portuguese
arreio · rank #76,906 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,906
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH arrebitado
Nearest frequency peer: arrebitado (-1 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 “arreio”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- alguien
alguien
23,128 corpus weight
- apre
apre
23,111 corpus weight
- apócrifo
apócrifo
23,107 corpus weight
- arrebitado
arrebitado
23,096 corpus weight
- arreio
arreio
23,095 corpus weight
- artrose
artrose
23,091 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “arreio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arreio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “arreio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
arreio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,906 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
arreio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is arreio, spelled A-R-R-E-I-O.
Definition
- 1arreu, continuadamente, sem interrupção, repetidamente
- 2sem diferenciar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arreio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Trabalhamos arreio, nem paramos para comer."
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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