calhambeque
/kɐ.ʎɐ̃.ˈbɛ.kɨ/
The verdict
“calhambeque” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,587 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,587
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - embarcação velha
Corpus desk
Index PT-calhambeque · calhambeque · Portuguese
calhambeque · rank #83,587 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,587
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cado
Nearest frequency peer: cado (-2 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 “calhambeque”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- awe
awe
16,461 corpus weight
- bastidor
bastidor
16,446 corpus weight
- beliscão
beliscão
16,439 corpus weight
- botina
botina
16,423 corpus weight
- cado
cado
16,416 corpus weight
- calhambeque
calhambeque
16,414 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “calhambeque” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calhambeque |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ʎɐ̃.ˈbɛ.kɨ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #83,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “calhambeque” em português
Rare enough to double-check
calhambeque is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,587 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.ʎɐ̃.ˈbɛ.kɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for calhambeque, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is calhambeque, spelled C-A-L-H-A-M-B-E-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1embarcação velha
- 2veículo antigo, exordialmente automóvel
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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