cruzeta
/kɾu.ˈze.tɐ/
The verdict
“cruzeta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,604 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,604
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequena cruz
Corpus desk
Index PT-cruzeta · cruzeta · Portuguese
cruzeta · rank #98,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,604
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH culhão
Nearest frequency peer: culhão (+2 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 “cruzeta”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- corisco
corisco
1,410 corpus weight
- corneto
corneto
1,409 corpus weight
- coulomb
coulomb
1,407 corpus weight
- cruzeta
cruzeta
1,397 corpus weight
- culhão
culhão
1,395 corpus weight
- cálido
cálido
1,388 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cruzeta” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cruzeta” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cruzeta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,604 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɾu.ˈze.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
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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