babau
The verdict
“babau” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,436 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,436
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa que algo chega a um estado em que o desfecho não tem remediação
Corpus desk
Index PT-babau · babau · Portuguese
babau · rank #97,436 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,436
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH basement
Nearest frequency peer: basement (+11 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 “babau”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- arretado
arretado
2,584 corpus weight
- arto
arto
2,582 corpus weight
- babau
babau
2,565 corpus weight
- basement
basement
2,554 corpus weight
- beltrano
beltrano
2,551 corpus weight
- bilateralme…
bilateralmente
2,546 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “babau” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | babau |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “babau” em português
Rare enough to double-check
babau is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,436 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for babau in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is babau, spelled B-A-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1expressa que algo chega a um estado em que o desfecho não tem remediação
- 2expressa que se perde algo sem que haja uma possível recuperação
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how babau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Synonyms
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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