atabaque

noun

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The verdict

“atabaque” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,443 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,443
frequency rank, Portuguese
4,352
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - instrumento musical de percussão afro-brasileiro, constitui-se de um tambor cilíndrico ou ligeiramente cônico, com uma das bocas coberta de couro

Key facts for atabaque
PropertyValue
Headwordatabaque
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,443
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “atabaque” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). atabaque lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

atabaque is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,443 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "instrumento musical de percussão afro-brasileiro, constitui-se de um tambor cilíndrico ou ligeiramente cônico, com uma das bocas coberta de couro".

No misspelling variants are generated for atabaque in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 atabaque, spelled A-T-A-B-A-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    instrumento musical de percussão afro-brasileiro, constitui-se de um tambor cilíndrico ou ligeiramente cônico, com uma das bocas coberta de couro

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 "atabaque"?
"atabaque" is spelled A-T-A-B-A-Q-U-E.
What does "atabaque" mean?
As a noun, "atabaque" means: instrumento musical de percussão afro-brasileiro, constitui-se de um tambor cilíndrico ou ligeiramente cônico, com uma das bocas coberta de couro
What language does "atabaque" come from?
"atabaque" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “atabaque”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-T-A-B-A-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list