arrojo
/ɐ.ˈRo.ʒu/
The verdict
“arrojo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,833 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,833
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arremesso, aquilo que se arroja
Corpus desk
Index PT-arrojo · arrojo · Portuguese
arrojo · rank #81,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,833
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH argiloso
Nearest frequency peer: argiloso (-7 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 “arrojo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- aniquilamen…
aniquilamento
18,189 corpus weight
- argiloso
argiloso
18,175 corpus weight
- arrojo
arrojo
18,168 corpus weight
- azevinho
azevinho
18,150 corpus weight
- baralhar
baralhar
18,147 corpus weight
- Bizâncio
Bizâncio
18,136 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “arrojo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arrojo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈRo.ʒu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “arrojo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
arrojo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,833 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.ˈRo.ʒu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
arrojo has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is arrojo, spelled A-R-R-O-J-O.
Definition
- 1arremesso, aquilo que se arroja
- 2ousadia, audácia, intrepidez
- 3ferramenta de lavoura, forcado, forquilha
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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