capoeirista

noun

The verdict

“capoeirista” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,375 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,375
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - praticante de capoeira

Corpus desk

Index PT-capoeirista · capoeirista · Portuguese

capoeirista · rank #75,375 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,375
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH catinga

Nearest frequency peer: catinga (+7 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 “capoeirista”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for capoeirista
PropertyValue
Headwordcapoeirista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#75,375
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “capoeirista” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).capoeiristacai 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: “catinga” (#75,382), “calva” (#75,366), “cagaço” (#75,362). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “capoeirista” fica em #75,375. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

capoeirista is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,375 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "praticante de capoeira".

No generated misspelling entries exist for capoeirista in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is capoeirista, spelled C-A-P-O-E-I-R-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    praticante de capoeira

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Para a PF, o capoeirista e corretor de imóveis Felipe Pradella, de 32 anos, foi o mentor.

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 "capoeirista"?
"capoeirista" is spelled C-A-P-O-E-I-R-I-S-T-A.
What does "capoeirista" mean?
As a noun, "capoeirista" means: praticante de capoeira
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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