conta-giros
/ˌkõ.ta.ˈʒi.ɾuʃ/, /ˌkõ.ta.ˈʒi.ɾus/ (menos frequente)
The verdict
“conta-giros” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento que mede a frequência de rotação de um motor
Corpus desk
Index PT-conta-giros · conta-giros · Portuguese
conta-giros · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | conta-giros |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkõ.ta.ˈʒi.ɾuʃ/, /ˌkõ.ta.ˈʒi.ɾus/ (menos frequente) |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “conta-giros” em português
Rare enough to double-check
conta-giros is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkõ.ta.ˈʒi.ɾuʃ/, /ˌkõ.ta.ˈʒi.ɾus/ (menos frequente). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "instrumento que mede a frequência de rotação de um motor".
Zero misspellings are on record for conta-giros in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is conta-giros, spelled C-O-N-T-A---G-I-R-O-S.
Definition
- 1instrumento que mede a frequência de rotação de um motor
Synonyms
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.