camafeu
/kɐ.mɐ.ˈfew/
The verdict
“camafeu” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,204 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,204
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pedra preciosa, com duas camadas diferentes na cor, sobre uma das quais se lavrou uma figura em relevo, à qual serve de fundo a outra camada
Corpus desk
Index PT-camafeu · camafeu · Portuguese
camafeu · rank #80,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,204
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH caldeirada
Nearest frequency peer: caldeirada (-4 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 “camafeu”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bufão
bufão
19,811 corpus weight
- caldeirada
caldeirada
19,801 corpus weight
- camafeu
camafeu
19,797 corpus weight
- canastrão
canastrão
19,793 corpus weight
- chinchila
chinchila
19,769 corpus weight
- civilmente
civilmente
19,766 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “camafeu” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camafeu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.mɐ.ˈfew/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “camafeu” em português
Rare enough to double-check
camafeu is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,204 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.mɐ.ˈfew/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for camafeu in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 camafeu, spelled C-A-M-A-F-E-U.
Definition
- 1pedra preciosa, com duas camadas diferentes na cor, sobre uma das quais se lavrou uma figura em relevo, à qual serve de fundo a outra camada
- 2mulher muito feia
- 3selo dos reis de Portugal
- 4efígie dos reis nas moedas
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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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