barlavento

/bɐɾ.lɐ.ˈvẽ.tu/

//bɐɾ.lɐ.ˈvẽ.tu// noun

The verdict

“barlavento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,639 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,639
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - direção de onde sopra o vento

Corpus desk

Index PT-barlavento · barlavento · Portuguese

barlavento · rank #62,639 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,639
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH banalizar

Nearest frequency peer: banalizar (-4 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 “barlavento”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for barlavento
PropertyValue
Headwordbarlavento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɐɾ.lɐ.ˈvẽ.tu/
Letters10
Frequency rank#62,639
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “barlavento” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).barlaventocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “banalizar” (#62,635), “arrebatar” (#62,616), “breca” (#62,662). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “barlavento” fica em #62,639. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

barlavento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,639 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɐɾ.lɐ.ˈvẽ.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for barlavento, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is barlavento, spelled B-A-R-L-A-V-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    direção de onde sopra o vento
  2. 2
    bordo do barco voltado para a direção de onde o vento sopra

Antonyms

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 "barlavento"?
"barlavento" is spelled B-A-R-L-A-V-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bɐɾ.lɐ.ˈvẽ.tu/.
What does "barlavento" mean?
As a noun, "barlavento" means: direção de onde sopra o vento
How do you pronounce "barlavento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barlavento" is /bɐɾ.lɐ.ˈvẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barlavento" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list