berma
/ˈbɛɾ.mɐ/
The verdict
“berma” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,769 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,769
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caminho estreito entre a muralha e o fosso
Corpus desk
Index PT-berma · berma · Portuguese
berma · rank #57,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,769
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bonnet
Nearest frequency peer: bonnet (+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 “berma”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- armamentista
armamentista
42,260 corpus weight
- arpão
arpão
42,258 corpus weight
- autenticar
autenticar
42,244 corpus weight
- berma
berma
42,232 corpus weight
- bonnet
bonnet
42,225 corpus weight
- bump
bump
42,214 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “berma” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | berma |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɛɾ.mɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “berma” em português
Rare enough to double-check
berma is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,769 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɛɾ.mɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
berma has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 berma, spelled B-E-R-M-A.
Definition
- 1caminho estreito entre a muralha e o fosso
- 2plataforma que ladeia a pista de rodagem de uma estrada
- 3orla
- 4bermuda; short; calça até as canelas
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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