falcão-paxareiro
/fal.'koŋ pa.ʃa.'ɾei.ɾo/
The verdict
“falcão-paxareiro” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - esmerilhão (Falco columbarius)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | falcão-paxareiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fal.'koŋ pa.ʃa.'ɾei.ɾo/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “falcão-paxareiro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for falcão-paxareiro is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fal.'koŋ pa.ʃa.'ɾei.ɾo/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "esmerilhão (Falco columbarius)".
falcão-paxareiro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is falcão-paxareiro, spelled F-A-L-C-Ã-O---P-A-X-A-R-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1esmerilhão (Falco columbarius)
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.
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Using “falcão-paxareiro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-A-L-C-Ã-O---P-A-X-A-R-E-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fal.'koŋ pa.ʃa.'ɾei.ɾo/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.