cruzeta
/kɾu.ˈze.tɐ/
The verdict
“cruzeta” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #98,604 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #98,604
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequena cruz
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cruzeta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɾu.ˈze.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cruzeta” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cruzeta is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɾu.ˈze.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #98,604 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
cruzeta has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cruzeta, spelled C-R-U-Z-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1pequena cruz
- 2cruz que serve de cabide
- 3armação provisória de vergas e antenas para suprir mastros
- 4estrela de bronze com quatro pontas, três das quais se embebem na parte inferior da árvore do rodízio das azenhas, ficando a quarta de fora e girando sobre uma peça fixa de ferro
- 5peça de madeira em forma de T para nivelamentos
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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Using “cruzeta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-R-U-Z-E-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɾu.ˈze.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.