badalo
/bɐ.ˈda.lu/
The verdict
“badalo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,525 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,525
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - haste metálica com extremidade esférica, presente no interior de sinos
Corpus desk
Index PT-badalo · badalo · Portuguese
badalo · rank #74,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,525
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH baru
Nearest frequency peer: baru (+2 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 “badalo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- assolar
assolar
25,490 corpus weight
- azedar
azedar
25,480 corpus weight
- badalo
badalo
25,476 corpus weight
- baru
baru
25,474 corpus weight
- bimbo
bimbo
25,468 corpus weight
- brioche
brioche
25,460 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “badalo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | badalo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɐ.ˈda.lu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “badalo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
badalo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,525 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɐ.ˈda.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for badalo, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is badalo, spelled B-A-D-A-L-O.
Definition
- 1haste metálica com extremidade esférica, presente no interior de sinos
- 2pênis
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how badalo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quando se entesa o túmido badalo,
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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