butcher
/ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
The verdict
“butcher” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,379 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,379
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - açougueiro
Corpus desk
Index PT-butcher · butcher · Portuguese
butcher · rank #58,379 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,379
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH carimbar
Nearest frequency peer: carimbar (+9 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 “butcher”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bocejo
bocejo
41,637 corpus weight
- borrifar
borrifar
41,632 corpus weight
- butcher
butcher
41,622 corpus weight
- carimbar
carimbar
41,613 corpus weight
- caucasiano
caucasiano
41,610 corpus weight
- cercanias
cercanias
41,607 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “butcher” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | butcher |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “butcher” em português
Rare enough to double-check
butcher is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,379 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "açougueiro".
No generated misspelling entries exist for butcher in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is butcher, spelled B-U-T-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1açougueiro
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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