atabaque
The verdict
“atabaque” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,443 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,443
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento musical de percussão afro-brasileiro, constitui-se de um tambor cilíndrico ou ligeiramente cônico, com uma das bocas coberta de couro
Corpus desk
Index PT-atabaque · atabaque · Portuguese
atabaque · rank #95,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,443
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH apoplexia
Nearest frequency peer: apoplexia (-16 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 “atabaque”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- altercação
altercação
4,593 corpus weight
- anaeróbia
anaeróbia
4,586 corpus weight
- apessoado
apessoado
4,577 corpus weight
- apolítico
apolítico
4,575 corpus weight
- apoplexia
apoplexia
4,574 corpus weight
- atabaque
atabaque
4,558 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “atabaque” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atabaque |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “atabaque” em português
Rare enough to double-check
atabaque is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,443 among 1,900 “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
- 1instrumento musical de percussão afro-brasileiro, constitui-se de um tambor cilíndrico ou ligeiramente cônico, com uma das bocas coberta de couro
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how atabaque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A canção do grupo inglês ganhou batucadas de atabaque e coreografias de Claudia de fazer inveja em Madonna e Britney Spears.
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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