biometria

noun

The verdict

“biometria” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,922 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,922
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - técnica de identificação baseada em características fisiológicas ou comportamentais únicas de um indivíduo

Corpus desk

Index PT-biometria · biometria · Portuguese

biometria · rank #50,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,922
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bianco

Nearest frequency peer: bianco (-1 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 “biometria”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for biometria
PropertyValue
Headwordbiometria
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,922
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “biometria” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).biometriacai 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: “bianco” (#50,921), “bisneto” (#50,923), “beliscar” (#50,917). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “biometria” fica em #50,922. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

biometria is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,922 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for biometria in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is biometria, spelled B-I-O-M-E-T-R-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    técnica de identificação baseada em características fisiológicas ou comportamentais únicas de um indivíduo
  2. 2
    estudo e aplicação de métodos matemáticos e estatísticos em dados biológicos

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how biometria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A biometria facial foi usada para liberar o acesso ao sistema
  2. A biometria ajudou a analisar o crescimento das plantas

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 "biometria"?
"biometria" is spelled B-I-O-M-E-T-R-I-A.
What does "biometria" mean?
As a noun, "biometria" means: técnica de identificação baseada em características fisiológicas ou comportamentais únicas de um indivíduo
What language does "biometria" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "biometria", 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