bagatela
/bɐ.ɡɐ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/
The verdict
“bagatela” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,512 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,512
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - insignificância
Corpus desk
Index PT-bagatela · bagatela · Portuguese
bagatela · rank #71,512 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,512
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH aspereza
Nearest frequency peer: aspereza (-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 “bagatela”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- apartar
apartar
28,509 corpus weight
- argônio
argônio
28,505 corpus weight
- aspereza
aspereza
28,496 corpus weight
- bagatela
bagatela
28,489 corpus weight
- bark
bark
28,482 corpus weight
- bigamia
bigamia
28,469 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bagatela” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bagatela |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɐ.ɡɐ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “bagatela” em português
Rare enough to double-check
bagatela is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,512 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɐ.ɡɐ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for bagatela in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is bagatela, spelled B-A-G-A-T-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1insignificância
- 2tabuleiro do bilhar chinês
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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