ébano
/ˈɛ.ba.nu/
The verdict
“ébano” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,410 among 14 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,410
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 14
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - árvore da família das Ebanáceas, que produz madeira valiosa, muito rija e de cor negra
Corpus desk
Index PT-ebano · ébano · Portuguese
ébano · rank #51,410 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,410
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 14
- PHOTO-FINISH acreditação
Nearest frequency peer: acreditação (+9 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 “ébano”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vecchio
vecchio
48,607 corpus weight
- waffle
waffle
48,601 corpus weight
- ébano
ébano
48,591 corpus weight
- acreditação
acreditação
48,582 corpus weight
- acuidade
acuidade
48,581 corpus weight
- advérbio
advérbio
48,576 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ébano” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ébano |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛ.ba.nu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ébano” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ébano is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,410 among 14 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɛ.ba.nu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
ébano doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is ébano, spelled É-B-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1árvore da família das Ebanáceas, que produz madeira valiosa, muito rija e de cor negra
- 2a madeira dessa árvore
- 3indivíduo com tom de pele bem escura
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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