bedelho
/bɨ.ˈde.ʎu/
The verdict
“bedelho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,673 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,673
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ferrolho de porta
Corpus desk
Index PT-bedelho · bedelho · Portuguese
bedelho · rank #82,673 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,673
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH baratear
Nearest frequency peer: baratear (-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 “bedelho”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- astronáutica
astronáutica
17,358 corpus weight
- baratear
baratear
17,333 corpus weight
- bedelho
bedelho
17,328 corpus weight
- breast
breast
17,305 corpus weight
- capucho
capucho
17,283 corpus weight
- carapau
carapau
17,280 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bedelho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bedelho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɨ.ˈde.ʎu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “bedelho” em português
Rare enough to double-check
bedelho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,673 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɨ.ˈde.ʎu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bedelho, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is bedelho, spelled B-E-D-E-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1ferrolho de porta
- 2criançola
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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