bairrista

/baj.ˈRiʃ.tɐ/

//baj.ˈRiʃ.tɐ// noun

The verdict

“bairrista” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,155 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,155
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que habita ou frequenta um bairro

Corpus desk

Index PT-bairrista · bairrista · Portuguese

bairrista · rank #80,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,155
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH baranga

Nearest frequency peer: baranga (+5 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 “bairrista”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bairrista” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bairrista
PropertyValue
Headwordbairrista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/baj.ˈRiʃ.tɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,155
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bairrista” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).bairristacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “baranga” (#80,160), “autárquico” (#80,148), “beligerante” (#80,164). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bairrista” fica em #80,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bairrista is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,155 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /baj.ˈRiʃ.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bairrista, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 bairrista, spelled B-A-I-R-R-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    que habita ou frequenta um bairro
  2. 2
    defensor dos interesses do seu bairro ou de sua terra, de maneira obsessiva e em detrimento dos demais

Synonyms

localistaregionalista

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 "bairrista"?
"bairrista" is spelled B-A-I-R-R-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /baj.ˈRiʃ.tɐ/.
What does "bairrista" mean?
As a noun, "bairrista" means: que habita ou frequenta um bairro
How do you pronounce "bairrista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bairrista" is /baj.ˈRiʃ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bairrista", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list