cebuano
/se.bu.ˈã.nu/
The verdict
“cebuano” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à ilha de Cebu (Filipinas)
Corpus desk
Index PT-cebuano · cebuano · Portuguese
cebuano · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cebuano |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /se.bu.ˈã.nu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cebuano” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cebuano is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /se.bu.ˈã.nu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cebuano, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is cebuano, spelled C-E-B-U-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1relativo à ilha de Cebu (Filipinas)
- 2relativo à seus habitantes
- 3relativo à cidade de Cebu, capital dessa ilha
- 4relativo à seus habitantes
- 5relativo ao idioma cebuano
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.