centopeia
/sẽⁿ.to.ˈpɛj.ɐ/
The verdict
“centopeia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,997 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,997
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - artrópode da classe dos quilópodes (Chilopoda)
Corpus desk
Index PT-centopeia · centopeia · Portuguese
centopeia · rank #55,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,997
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH chantagista
Nearest frequency peer: chantagista (+1 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 “centopeia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bronzear
bronzear
44,023 corpus weight
- centopeia
centopeia
44,004 corpus weight
- chantagista
chantagista
44,003 corpus weight
- charque
charque
44,002 corpus weight
- chest
chest
44,000 corpus weight
- cocada
cocada
43,994 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “centopeia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centopeia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sẽⁿ.to.ˈpɛj.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “centopeia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
centopeia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,997 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sẽⁿ.to.ˈpɛj.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
centopeia has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is centopeia, spelled C-E-N-T-O-P-E-I-A.
Definition
- 1artrópode da classe dos quilópodes (Chilopoda)
- 2mulher idosa de aparência desagradável
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); 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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