bilirrubina

/bi.li.χu.ˈbi.nɐ/

//bi.li.χu.ˈbi.nɐ// noun

The verdict

“bilirrubina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,019 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,019
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pigmento amarelo, presente na bílis e nas fezes, de estrutura complicada; formada pela quebra de grupos heme da hemoglobina (Fórmula: C₃₃H₃₆O₆N₄)

Corpus desk

Index PT-bilirrubina · bilirrubina · Portuguese

bilirrubina · rank #81,019 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,019
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bolsonarista

Nearest frequency peer: bolsonarista (+6 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 “bilirrubina”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bilirrubina
PropertyValue
Headwordbilirrubina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bi.li.χu.ˈbi.nɐ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#81,019
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bilirrubina” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.bilirrubinacai 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: “bolsonarista” (#81,025), “beatlemania” (#81,012), “badalar” (#81,004). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bilirrubina” fica em #81,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bilirrubina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,019 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bi.li.χu.ˈbi.nɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pigmento amarelo, presente na bílis e nas fezes, de estrutura complicada; formada pela quebra de grupos heme da hemoglobina (Fórmula: C₃₃H₃₆O₆N₄)".

bilirrubina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is bilirrubina, spelled B-I-L-I-R-R-U-B-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pigmento amarelo, presente na bílis e nas fezes, de estrutura complicada; formada pela quebra de grupos heme da hemoglobina (Fórmula: C₃₃H₃₆O₆N₄)

This word in other languages

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 "bilirrubina"?
"bilirrubina" is spelled B-I-L-I-R-R-U-B-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /bi.li.χu.ˈbi.nɐ/.
What does "bilirrubina" mean?
As a noun, "bilirrubina" means: pigmento amarelo, presente na bílis e nas fezes, de estrutura complicada; formada pela quebra de grupos heme da hemoglobina (Fórmula: C₃₃H₃₆O₆N₄)
How do you pronounce "bilirrubina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bilirrubina" is /bi.li.χu.ˈbi.nɐ/. 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 "bilirrubina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list